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KOTTAYAM/KOCHI: Police on Sunday stopped four members belonging to transgender community from heading to the Sabarimala shrine. Renjumol said they were under police surveillance ever since they had decided to visit Sabarimala. We wanted to trek up to Sabarimala in our own identity,” she said.Interestingly, three of them except Ananya had undertaken pilgrimages to Sabarimala before they began identifying themselves as transwomen. “We had given letters to the district police chief and district collector seeking protection for visiting the hill shrine,” Renjumol said. Every year transwomen from neighbouring states like Tamil Nadu are allowed entry after some initial verification, she said.Police took a stand that the transgender members in the attire of women could not be allowed to proceed to Sabarimala..