laxmi Narayan Tripathi of Mumbai has been declared as the first ‘Mahamandleshwar’ of Kinnar Akhada. Her coronation as the first ‘mahamandleshwar’ of ‘kinnar’ akhada was done in Ujjain on Monday amid presence of Kinnars from across the country, noted seers as well as heads of various akharas.
At the time of her coronation, laxmi was draped in a white-coloured sari with ‘zari’ border with saffron-coloured turban on her forehead. Soon after her coronation, laxmi nominated five Kinnars each for the posts of ‘peethadhish’ and ‘mahant.’
According to Ajay Das, founder of ‘Kinnar’ akhara, all religious rituals were performed while coronating laxmi as the first ‘Mahamandleshwar’ of Kinnar akhara.
After her coronation ceremony, five ‘kinnars’ including Pushpa Guru from Jaipur, Payal Guru from Baroda, Pitambara of Nalkhera, Payal Guru from Nasik and another from Delhi were given designation of ‘peethadheesh’, while five other ‘kinnars’ were made ‘Mahant.’
Soon after she was being coronated as ‘mahamandleshwar’ of ‘kinnar’ akhada, laxmi said they need not to seek recognition from any akhara adding that there would be no change in her attitude even after being declared as ‘Mahamandleshwar’ and as such she will stay away from any kind of hypocrisy.
laxmi Narayan Tripathi, a high profile ‘kinnar’ of the country, sometime back had also stayed in the Big Boss House. Currently she is producing a film with title ‘Upeksha’ on ‘kinnar samaj’ wherein noted Bollywood actress Rakhi Sawant would play the lead role. Shooting of this film which is based on real life events of a village near Indore, would start soon.
laxmi who is associated with various NGOs and fighting for the rights of ‘kinnars’ has also penned down a book on her life, giving a vivid and true description of real life incidents that happened to her in her younger days.