NARANARI, an androgynous deity composed of Shiva and Shakthi, representing the masculine and feminine energies.Koovagam is a village in the Ulundurpettai taluk in Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu.It is famous for its annual festival of transgender and transvestite individuals, which takes fifteen days in the Tamil month of Chitrai (April/May). The festival takes place at the Koothandavar Temple dedicated to Iruvan (Koothandavar). The participants marry the Lord Koothandavar, thus reenacting an ancient history of Lord Vishnu/Krishna who married him after taking a form of a woman called Mohini. The next day, they mourn the god Koothandavar's death through ritualistic dances and by breaking their bangles.