Laxmi Tripathi
Indian LGBT activist
Laxmi Narayan Tripathi[1] (born 13 December 1978), known as Laxmi, sometimes written 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 is the first transgender person to represent Asia Pacific in the UN in 2008.
References
change- ↑ 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.