Her father, Cappy Oliver, played the trumpet with Lionel Hampton's band and her mother explored various pursuits, including roller skating, wrestling, and singing, before settling down to raise five children.
[citation needed] Khalsa studied dance at a school run by Jeni Le Gon and later pursued a major in Drama and Theatre Arts at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Although it was publicly announced to be a special exception, the controversy proved to be first of similar major challenges to the Code that ultimately led to its abandonment.
Thelma Oliver's biggest success as a performer came when she landed the role of "Helene" in the Broadway musical Sweet Charity with Gwen Verdon.
Krishna Kaur established a yoga community in the Watts, Los Angeles neighborhood with a live-in center, children's school, day care, twice weekly free kitchen and "Sat Nam Street Players" dedicated to bringing music and inspiration to the troubled streets of the ghetto.
"[6] Krishna Kaur's journey into Kundalini Yoga and the Sikh tradition of Yogi Bhajan took her to the spiritual capital of Amritsar and the "Golden Temple" or Harimandir Sahib in December 1970 and again thereafter.
In August 1980 she made history when, through a combination of circumstances she became the first and only woman to have ever sung Sikh hymns within the strictly patriarchal precincts of the Golden Temple.