Laxmi Narayan Tripathi[1] (born 13 December 1978), known as Laxmi, sometimes written as Lakshmi is a transgender/Hijra rights activist, Bollywood actress, Bharatanatyam dancer, choreographer and motivational speaker in Mumbai, India. She is also the Acharya Mahamandaleshwar of kinnar akhada.[2][3] She is the first transgender person to represent Asia Pacific in the UN in 2008.