Laxmi Narayan Tripathi

Laxmi Narayan Tripathi^[1] (known as Laxmi, sometimes transliterated as Lakshmi) is a transgender/Hijra rights activist, bollywood actress, Bharatanatyam dancer, choreographer and motivational speaker in Mumbai, India. She is also the Acharya Mahamandaleshwar of kinnar akhada.^[2]^[3] She was born in Malti Bai Hospital on 13th Dec 1978 in Thane. She is the first transgender person to represent Asia Pacific in the UN in 2008.

References[change | change source]

↑ Mehra, Preeti (2014-04-25). "A free country, again". The Hindu Business Line. Archived from the original on 8 July 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
↑ टाइम्स, नवभारत (2019-02-07). "किन्नर अखाड़े पर डाक टिकट जारी, दो महंत बने महामंडलेश्वर". नवभारत टाइम्स (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 23 January 2021. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
↑ "Kumbh Mela 2019: अब तक 13 अखाड़े कुंभ में होते थे शामिल, पहली बार किन्नर अखाड़े की एंट्री, जानें इनकी खासियत". hindi.timesnownews.com (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 2021-01-15.

Other Websites[change | change source]

Laxmi's interview on gender and sexuality

[Freecountry-1] Mehra, Preeti (2014-04-25). "A free country, again". The Hindu Business Line. Archived from the original on 8 July 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2015.

[2] टाइम्स, नवभारत (2019-02-07). "किन्नर अखाड़े पर डाक टिकट जारी, दो महंत बने महामंडलेश्वर". नवभारत टाइम्स (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 23 January 2021. Retrieved 2021-01-15.

[3] "Kumbh Mela 2019: अब तक 13 अखाड़े कुंभ में होते थे शामिल, पहली बार किन्नर अखाड़े की एंट्री, जानें इनकी खासियत". hindi.timesnownews.com (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 2021-01-15.

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