Parvati Khan

Parvati Khan is a pop singer who sang the song "Jimmy Jimmy Aaja" in the Bollywood movie "Disco Dancer", which won a "Gold Disc" award. Later she also sang "Khula Thala Chod Aayi" after having won a nationwide talent contest in Trinidad.Cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1400843.cms|title=Singing for Peace Now!|accessdate=2008-03-07|year=2006-02-04|author=Anjali Singh Jaiswal|work=The Times of India] She In addition to her career as a singer, she has stirred up significant controversy in India after offering prayers in Kashi Vishwanath temple, she admitted to having performed abhishek at the temple in Varanasi during Mahashivratri despite having been banned earlier from doing so due to opposition from the "Shiv Sainiks" in 2004. Cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1055844.cms|title=Parvati Khan Gives Sena the Slip|accessdate=2008-03-07|year=2005-03-18|work=The Times of India] She has also embarked on a number of other projects including serving as a spiritual guru at the Tihar Jail, Cite web|url=http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IE420061117081400&Page=4&Title=Features+-+People+%26+Lifestyle&Topic=0|title=Parvati Khan in New Role at Tihar Jail|accessdate=2008-03-07|year=2006-11-18|work=New India Press] believing that she has been chosen as a peace envoy.Cite web|url=http://www.nowrunning.com/news/news.aspx?it=9051|title=God Has Chosen Me as a Peace Envoy|accessdate=2008-03-07|publisher=NowRunning|year=2007-01-04|author=Sahil Makkar]

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