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Allahabad: A transgender belonging to the dalit community, Puja was in class IX when her teacher allegedly locked her in a classroom and tried to harass her. The two mahants, hailing from Delhi, were coronated with the title on Tuesday midnight at the akhara. Since then I made sure that no transgender whom we met suffered as I did,” she added.Puja said as Kinnar Akhara has given her responsibility as a mandaleshwar, she would make sure that the community is brought back to the mainstream of the society. She has even planned to open a school exclusively for the kinnar community in Delhi.“A decent and religious bahaviour is the foremost criteria for selection of a person for coronation,” said head of the akhara, Achraya Mahamandaleshwar Lakshmi Narain Tripathi.Apart from Puja, the akhara has made Sonia, another transgender from Delhi, as mandaleshwar of the akhara. Her shouts for help were heard by some students who freed her from the captivity..