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Actor Mamta Kulkarni Takes 'Sanyas', becomes Mai Mamta Nand Giri

After enthralling her fans, film lovers and audience in various roles and characters she played, actor Mamta Kulkarni on Friday embarked on a spiritual journey by renouncing her worldly life and assuming a new identity of 'Mai Mamta Nand Giri', the Uttar Pradesh government said. In a statement, the UP government said in the ongoing Maha Kumbh, Kulkarni first took 'sanyas' in the Kinnar Akhara and then she got a new name 'Mai Mamta Nand Giri' in the same akhara. After performing 'Pind Daan', the Kinnar Akhara performed her pattabhishek (consecration ceremony).

Kinnar Akhara's Mahamandaleshwar Kaushalya Nand Giri alias Tina Maa said that Mamta Kulkarni performed her own 'Pind Daan' on the banks of River Ganga on Friday. Around 8 pm, she was consecrated as mahamandaleshwar amid Vedic chanting.Tina Maa said in the presence of Mahamandaleshwar Swami Mahendranand Giri of Juna Akhara, Acharya Mahamandaleshwar Laxmi Narayan Tripathi of Kinnar Akhara and other Kinnar Mahamandaleshwars, five Mahamandaleshwars -- Girnari Nand Giri, Krishnanand Giri, Rajeshwari Nand Giri, Vidya Nand Giri and Neelam Nand Giri -- were consecrated in this programme in the Kinnar Akhara.
The Kinnar Akhara was established by eunuchs in 2018 and it functions under the Juna Akhara. While an akhara is a Hindu religious order, Pind Daan is a ritual performed to pay homage to the departed ancestors.With this induction, Mamta Kulkarni joins the ranks of the revered mahamandaleshwars -- a title given to spiritual leaders who play a vital role in religious discourse and social upliftment. After sanyas and pattabhishek, Mamta said it would be "my good fortune that I am also becoming a witness in this holy moment of Maha Kumbh".
In a press conference held after the pattabhishek, Mamta Kulkarni said, "Laxmi Narayan Tripathi understood my 23 years of penance and Swami Mahendranand Giri Maharaj took my test in which I passed. I did not know that I was being tested for the last three days."I did not want to go back to Bollywood, so I left Bollywood 23 years ago. Now I will independently preach Sanatan Dharma by adopting the 'madhyam maarg'. I had earlier come here for Maha Kumbh 12 years ago," she said.


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