Head of Kinnar Akhada Laxmi Narayan Tripathi offers prayers for Kumbh 2021, at Har ki Pauri in Haridwar.
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Transgender rights activist Laxmi Narayan Tripathi poses for lensmen during red carpet premiere of 'Laxmii' in New Delhi.
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Actors Akshay Kumar, Kiara Advani, Tusshar Kapoor and transgender rights activist Laxmi Narayan Tripathi pose for photographers during the Red Carpet premiere of film Laxmii, in Ne...
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A panel discussion with Arti Jaiman of Gurgaon Ki Awaz Samudayik Radio, transgender activist Laxmi N. Tripathi, retired IPS officer Prakash Singh, retired IFS officer Deepa Gopal...
Kubbra with transgender activist Laxmi Narayan Tripathi.
Acharya Mahamandaleshwar of Kinnar Akhara Laxmi Narayan Tripathi during the 'Abhar Yatra' procession after Kumbh Mela 2019 in Prayagraj.
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Kinnar Akhada chief Laxmi Nayaran Tripathi blessing to newly-appointed Kinnar Akhada Mandleshwar, at Kumbh Mela 2019, in Prayagraj.
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Kinnar Akhara head Laxmi Narayan Tripathi extends blessings to police personnel and other devotees at her tent, during Kumbh Mela 2019, in Prayagraj.
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Laxmi Narayan Tripathi, a transgender activist and leader of the monastic order "Kinnar akhara" returns in a procession after ritualistic dip on the auspicious day of Basant Pancha...
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Transgender rights activist and Kinnar Akhada chief Achraya Mahamandaleshwar Laxmi Narayan Tripathi takes a holy dip at Sangam on the auspicious 'Mauni Amavasya' day during the Kum...
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Laxmi Narayan Tripathi, transgender activist and chief of the Kinnar Akhara, takes a ritualistic dip on the auspicious Makar Sankranti day during the Kumbh Mela, or pitcher festiva...
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Laxmi Narayan Tripathi, transgender activist and chief of the Kinnar Akhara, takes a ritualistic dip on the auspicious Makar Sankranti day during the Kumbh Mela, or pitcher festiva...
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Lakshmi Narayan Tripathi, center, who heads an order of Indian transgender seers along with her followers performs rituals ahead of Kumbh Mela in Allahabad.
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Lakshmi Narayan Tripathi, center, who heads an order of Indian transgender seers performs a ritual ahead of Kumbh Mela in Allahabad. Kumbh Mela is a 45 days festival starting from ...
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Kinnar Akhada chief Acharya Mahamandaleshwar Laxmi Narayan Tripathi at the unveiling ceremony of a Kumbh Smarika for the upcoming Kumbh Mela festival 2019, in Allahabad.
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Laxmi Narayan Tripathi during the inauguration of seventh edition of Hijra Habba, at Select Citywalk Saket in New Delhi.
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Mahamandleshwar of Kinnar Akhara Laxmi Narayan Tripathi along with Sadhus of Kinnar Akhara performing evening prayer at the bank of River Yamuna in Allahabad.
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Transgender activist-turned-Acharya Mahamandaleshwar of Kinnar Akhada, Laxmi NarayanTripathi (R) performing during Kinnar Mahotsav at Rabindra Bhawan, in Patna.
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Transgender activist Laxmi Narayan Tripathi arriving at Parliament House in New Delhi.
'In my community, there are thousands of Nirbhayas. You can’t even imagine the way they are raped and killed,' Laxmi Narayan Tripathi, trans rights activist said.