The Third Gender: Eunuch!!

Sarita Jangam, Lingam (Sarita Mausi).

Other Mythological facts which was uncovered by Mausi were, in Tamil Nadu eunuchs are known as  Airavanis! Because they are married to Lord Airavan. There is a story behind this i.e. “Airavan was cursed by a Monk that he cannot get married in his whole life span, and due to which he was upset  all the time, later at the time of his death, Lord Krishna asked him what is your last wish i can complete your at least one wish so tell me. On that Lord Airavan replied that his last wish is to Marry at least one time before dying! Lord Krishna was confused what to do!  Because no lady was ready to marry him just for a day and after that whole life to spend as widowed, which was right according to Lord Krishna, so after thinking too much he decided to convert himself into a lady for a day & he got married to Airavan”. 
That was the reason this tradition took place & all Eunuchs get married to Airavan. 

Lord Airavan’s temple is located at Koovagam in Tamil Nadu. It is his only temple in India & all these Airavanis on wedding day go there & get married to their lord. On the very next day these Airavanis get widowed as per their tradition. 

So this was my sweet and knowledgeable conversation with Sarita Mausi.