The founder of Kinnar Akhara Rishi Ajay Das on Friday expelled famous actor Mamta Kulkarni from the much-talked-about Hindu religious order amid the Mahakumbh 2025. Besides her, Mahamandaleshwar Laxmi ...

In a dramatic turn of events, Mamta Kulkarni has rejoined the Kinnar Akhada and accepted the position of 'Mahamandaleshwar' once again. Just three days ago, she had resigned from the post amid ...

Maha Kumbh Mela 2025: The Kinnar Akhada on Friday announced it has expelled former Bollywood actor Mamta Kulkarni and her guru Laxmi Narayan Tripathi from the religious organisation. The development ...

In India, which is entrenched in patriarchy, even Kumbh Mela, which many see as a great leveller, is a manifestation of male domination of Hindu power. From bare-bodied sadhus to those who embrace ...

In a surprising twist, Mamta Kulkarni has been reinstated as Mahamandaleshwar of the Kinnar Akhada just three days after announcing her resignation. The former actress released a video statement ...

“I certainly must have done something good in my past life to have seen this day,” says one of the group’s leaders. Transgender activist Laxmi Narayan Tripathi leads a religious procession during the ...

Isha Benjamin, a 45-year-old Jewish transgender woman from Mumbai, has joined the Kinnar Akhara and is set to become its Mahant during the Maha Kumbh. Isha, who has a Jewish father and Hindu mother, ...

In this picture taken on February 9, 2025, a transgender person from ‘Kinnar akhada’ a monastic Hindu order, blesses pilgrims during the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj. Transgender activists ...

Actor Mamta Kulkarni, who renounced the worldly life at the Maha Kumbh and was consecrated as 'mahamandaleshwar' a few weeks ago resigned from her post on Monday. Speaking to PTI, Kinnar Akhara's ...

Having faced stiff resistance when they tried to register an 'akhara' for transgender persons 10 years ago, the tent of their sect at the ongoing Maha Kumbh is now flooded with pilgrims queuing up for ...

Maha Kumbh Mela 2025: The Kinnar Akhada on Friday said it has expelled former Bollywood actor Mamta Kulkarni and her guru Laxmi Narayan Tripathi from the religious organization. The development comes ...