Laxmi Tripathi discusses her activist work in India and Pakistan related to the Hijra, or third-gender community. The conversation addresses trans rights, the caste system in India, and Laxmi's ...

Kulkarni and her guru, Laxmi Narayan Tripathi, were expelled from the religious group. The decision came after backlash regarding Kulkarni's appointment due to her film industry background.

A fresh controversy has erupted within the Kinnar Akhada, as its founder, Rishi Ajay Das, has expelled Bollywood actress Mamta Kulkarni and Acharya Mahamandaleshwar Laxmi Narayan Tripathi. The ...

Former actress Mamta Kulkarni had announced that her resignation from the post of Kinnar Akhara's Mahamandaleshwar two days ago. But now Laxmi Narayan Tripathi, who is the Acharya Mahamandaleshwar ...

Laxmi Narayan Tripathi explained that the hand movement has to be perfect, then demonstrated it while counting to eight. William & Mary dance students repeated it identically and in sync. “Where your ...

The post read, "During Mahakumbh 2025, @rajkummar_rao and @patralekhaa visited Kinnar Akhara to meet Acharya Mahamandaleshwar Dr. Swami Laxmi Narayan Tripathi (Kinnar Akhara).

IMAGE: Laxmi Narayan Tripathi and Mamta Kulkarni. "She is allowed to perform the character of any devotional figure if she wants as we do not prohibit anyone from performing their art," Tripathi said.

Viral video shows Mamta Kulkarni's antics being shut down by Laxmi Narayan Tripathi - WATCH Updated on: 18 July,2025 11:01 AM IST | Mumbai mid-day online correspondent | ...

Rishi Ajay Das, the founder of the Kinnar Akhada, has expelled both Mamta Kulkarni and Acharya Mahamandaleshwar Lakshmi Narayan Tripathi from the Akhada. The decision comes in the wake of the ...

Laxmi Narayan Tripathi (known as Laxmi, sometimes transliterated as Lakshmi) is a transgender rights activist, Hindi film actor and Bharatanatyam dancer in Mumbai, India. She was born in 1979 in ...

According to a press release issued on January 30, 2025, Rishi Ajay Das noted, “ As the founder of Kinnar Akhada, I am hereby relieving Acharya Mahamandaleshwar Laxmi Narayan Tripathi from his ...