PRAYAGRAJ: Kinnar Akhara’s transgender seers have taken to WhatsApp to coordinate with each other for organising various activities during the lockdown period.
The group which had attended Ujjain Kumbh in 2016 and Kumbh-2019 in Prayagraj have appointed each mahamandleshwar as in-charge of a particular state. The akhara aims to strengthen the organisation and ensure that their voice reaches their followers across the nation.
Head of Kinnar Akhara Acharya Mahamandleshwar Swami Laxmi Narayan Tripathi said, “The akhara now has a presence in 22 states, up from 15. Our members have also increased to 35,000 from 18,000 earlier.”
Acharya Tripathi has been monitoring the activities of all Whatsapp groups. “Transgenders have been exploited for long in the society and even their family members were forced to live a disgraceful life. Transgenders have been part of ‘Sanatan Dharma’ and they have been given a respectful status in Hindu mythology,” she said.
Mahamandleshwar Swami Kaushalya Nand Giri aka Tina Maa has been assigned to take care of online activities of kinnar akhara in Uttar Pradesh.
The group which had attended Ujjain Kumbh in 2016 and Kumbh-2019 in Prayagraj have appointed each mahamandleshwar as in-charge of a particular state. The akhara aims to strengthen the organisation and ensure that their voice reaches their followers across the nation.
Head of Kinnar Akhara Acharya Mahamandleshwar Swami Laxmi Narayan Tripathi said, “The akhara now has a presence in 22 states, up from 15. Our members have also increased to 35,000 from 18,000 earlier.”
Acharya Tripathi has been monitoring the activities of all Whatsapp groups. “Transgenders have been exploited for long in the society and even their family members were forced to live a disgraceful life. Transgenders have been part of ‘Sanatan Dharma’ and they have been given a respectful status in Hindu mythology,” she said.
Mahamandleshwar Swami Kaushalya Nand Giri aka Tina Maa has been assigned to take care of online activities of kinnar akhara in Uttar Pradesh.
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