It is a profession, Devendra ji realised the feminine aspect of his and established himself as a Kathak performer. Stays in Jaipur with her family and is promoting the art form as a dancer and a teacher.Devendra, who hails from Jaipur,is partly based in Delhi and runs an organization Known as Pacific India for transgenders. A disciple of Guru Kapila Raj Sharma of Lucknow, she has won Rashtriya Meera Samman from the ministry of culture and Sanskar Bharti.
Three days online, National Transgender Dance Festival, India's first transgender Kathak exponent, Devendra S Mangalmukhi performed. The event is organised by North Zone Cultural Centre, Patiala Ministry of Culture, Govt of India.
But still Devendra ji finds it difficult to have a handful of students as people have opinions about transgenders. I have been learning for eighteen years and have only two students.