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History always helps us in finding the most vital and fascinating part of our ancestry and their period. During that period, apart from men and women there existed the third gender which has different activities despite his/her sex. Transgender has been mentioned in most of the ancient and classical Tamil Grammar texts and other important literature books. Some instances can be seen in old Tamil Poems. They have been mentioned not just in a positive way but also in a negative way as they are described to be disgraceful. There also exists the different forms of Transgender in different circumstances in Kaappiyam, widely known as an Epic in English. Kaappiyam has found its place significantly in the history of Tamil Literature. In the form of a long, continuous poem, the ancient Tamil Literary form provides a lot of information and other Tamil works of ancient times. Among the five major epics namely, Iymperumkaappiyam, Silapadikaaram is considered as the best. This paper deals with the description of various forms and activities of Transgender in different circumstances that are explained in Silapadikaaram.