{"id":188414,"date":"2021-03-22T19:36:48","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T19:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/?p=188414"},"modified":"2021-03-22T19:36:48","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T19:36:48","slug":"mumbai-based-transgender-hemangi-sakhi-maa-becomes-a-centre-of-attraction-in-vrindavan-kumbh-mela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/188414","title":{"rendered":"Mumbai based transgender Hemangi Sakhi Maa becomes a centre of attraction in Vrindavan Kumbh Mela"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mumbai\/Vrindavan, March 22 (Punjab Post Bureau) &#8211; The Mumbai based&nbsp;transgender Hemangi Sakhi <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-188415 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/PPNJ2203202113.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/PPNJ2203202113.jpg 800w, https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/PPNJ2203202113-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/PPNJ2203202113-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>Maa&nbsp;participated first time in the \u201cVrindavan Kumbh Mela\u201d and took a dip (Shahi Snan) in holy Yamuna River. She has become the centre of attraction to all. She participated in pre-Vaishnav Kumbh Mela meeting, recited bhajan and kirtan and delivered a motivational discourse. She has also been giving a \u201cdarshan\u201d to devotees.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Thousands of saints and Mahamandaleshwars have set up their camps in kumbh mela and the pilgrims and devotees from world over have reached Prayagraj to seek blessings of Mahamandaleshwar. The mela will be on till March 25, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mumbai\u2019s well known preacher and reader of Bhagwat Katha, transgender&nbsp;Mahamandaleshwar Hemangi Sakhi Maa<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>says about Vrindavan Kumbh Mela \u201cMy learning and initiation took place in Vrindavan. I studied scriptures her. One gets good experience with Brijwasis here. I have surrendered my body, heart and wealth to Lord Krishna. Due to Lord\u2019s blessings I have reached up to here. He has transformed my life.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hemangi Sakhi was born in&nbsp;Baroda&nbsp;in&nbsp;Gujarat. Then her family shifted to Mumbai since her father was a film distributor and was working for Raj Kapoor. She studied in a convent school for a brief period, but left the school after the demise of her parents. After that she performed the marriage of her sister. To support herself she acted in the&nbsp;films&nbsp;like&nbsp;\u201cShabanam Mausi\u201d, \u201cDown Town\u201d and \u201cThird Man\u201d.&nbsp;She also appeared in&nbsp;\u201cX Yor X\u201d&nbsp;show on&nbsp;V channel&nbsp;and the show&nbsp;\u201cZindagi Life Show\u201d&nbsp;on&nbsp;IBN 7&nbsp;channel.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; After that she was inclined towards Lord Krishna\u2019s worship and eventually gave up everything and reached&nbsp;Vrindavan. She studied scriptures and achieved initiation from Guru and reached up to this stage.Now Mahamandaleshwar Hemangi Sakhi Maa is known as&nbsp;world 1st Transgender Bhagvat katha wachak.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mumbai\/Vrindavan, March 22 (Punjab Post Bureau) &#8211; The Mumbai based&nbsp;transgender Hemangi Sakhi Maa&nbsp;participated first time in the \u201cVrindavan Kumbh Mela\u201d and took a dip (Shahi Snan) in holy Yamuna River. She has become the centre of attraction to all. She participated in pre-Vaishnav Kumbh Mela meeting, recited bhajan and kirtan and delivered a motivational discourse. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":188415,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-188414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-english"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mumbai based transgender Hemangi Sakhi Maa becomes a centre of attraction in Vrindavan Kumbh Mela | Punjab Post<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/188414\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mumbai based transgender Hemangi Sakhi Maa becomes a centre of attraction in Vrindavan Kumbh Mela | Punjab Post\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mumbai\/Vrindavan, March 22 (Punjab Post Bureau) &#8211; The Mumbai based&nbsp;transgender Hemangi Sakhi Maa&nbsp;participated first time in the \u201cVrindavan Kumbh Mela\u201d and took a dip (Shahi Snan) in holy Yamuna River. 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