Career
On 25 May 2014, Purna scaled the highest peak of Mount Everest and, aged 13 years and 11 months, became the youngest girl to have reached the summit of Everest. She was accompanied by Sandhana Palli Anand Kumar from Khammam. Purna was born at Pakala village, Nizamabad district of Telangana state of India on 10th June 2000.
She belongs to a tribal family.
In preparation for climbing Mount Everest she trekked to mountains of Ladakh and Darjeeling.
