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That widely criticized survey found that 21% of the Maratha community lived below the poverty line, allowing the state government to reserve government jobs for them ahead of elections.

But the film is back on for its 11:30 a.m. slot at Maratha Mandir, often drawing crowds larger than those at afternoon screenings of the latest releases.

Before then, hijras had received patronage from the Mughals, Muslim rulers who controlled large parts of South Asia for more than 300 years, and from the Marathas — Hindu kings who ruled much of central India.

The annual celebration long irked some in the local Maratha community because it was a humiliating reminder that a fellow upper caste had been defeated by the Dalits.

“Something extreme happened in order to cause this much damage,” James Marathas, the executive director of the Quincy Housing Authority, told Channel 7 News in Boston.