Among the many millions who have attended the six-week-long Hindu celebration of prayer and bathing held every 12 years is a unique "akhada" -- or religious order -- a camp of transgender individuals.

From being empowered by Lord Rama to bestow blessings on all ceremonious occasions to being criminalised under British colonial laws to claiming an akhara in Kumbh Mela, kinnars have carved a distinct ...

Sanjay Sanju Saini from Jind, Haryana, showcases rural life and wrestling's journey to crime in the web series 'Akhada Phir ...

In a shocking incident ahead of the Maha Kumbh 2025, Kinnar Akhada's Mahamandaleshwar Kalyani Nand Giri and three of her followers were injured in a brutal knife attack late on February 14 in ...

They took a holy dip at the Triveni Sangam and later went to the Niranjani Akhada, where they joined a community meal service at the camp of Peethadheeshwar Swami Kailashanand Giri. The Ambani ...

Nitish pointed out that he 'wanted to develop ‘Jarasandha ka akhada’ (wrestling arena of Jarasandha) from its present ...

Actress Mamta Kulkarni took a moment to remember her late friend and actress Divya Bharti on her birthday today. Divya, who tragically passed away in 1993 at the young age of 19, was born on February ...

Clad in a saffron robe and headgear with her forehead painted with turmeric and vermillion, Nandagiri is a Mahamandaleshwar—one of the highest-ranking monks of the Kinnar Akhada (Transgender Arena) at ...

Police in Madhya Pradeshs Ujjain have filed an FIR against Hindu seer Shanti Swaroopanand Maharaj, a BJP leader and two others on the directions of a local court for allegedly indulging in a fraud and ...

A fraud and breach of trust case has been registered against Hindu seer Shanti Swaroopanand Maharaj, a BJP leader, and two ...

Mamta Kulkarni resigned from her Mahamandaleshwar position in the Kinnar Akhada due to backlash over her spiritual authenticity and past in Bollywood. She highlighted her 25 years of penance and ...