Juna Akhara welcomes Kinnar Akhara in Kumbh mela 2019

The inclusion of the Kinnar Akhara led by transgender activist Lakshmi Narayan Tripathi is drawing huge crowds at the ongoing Kumbh Mela, the spiritual congregation here.
While most of the traditional norms being followed, on Tuesday, Tripathi led the Kinnar Akhara in joining Juna Akhada men as they together participated in the long procession that lead up to the Sangam, the confluence of the Ganga and Yamuna rivers and the mythical Saraswati.