India, Oct. 30 -- Nupur Alankar was part of several serials, including Shaktimaan and Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo, for over two decades. However, a few years ago, she chose to quit showbiz, took sanyaas and travelled across several places in India for three years. Now, she is known as Peetambra Maa as per a Times of India report.

In Shaktimaan (1997), Nupur was seen as Kamini, a film gossip writer. She was seen in Reth (2004) as Devyani Samar Pandey, Ghar Ki Lakshmi Betiyann (2006) as Halki Garodia, Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo (2009) as Manjari Prasad, Yeh Pyar Na Hoga Kam as Mrs Shukla (2009), Diya Aur Baati Hum (2011) as Kisna and Bhaage Re Mann (2015) as Anjali Ashok Awasthi. Nupur was also part of Gangaa (2015) and Pehel Ek Nay...