
Lachhu Maharaj is a choreographer born in Lucknow.
Pandit Bajinath Prasad also known as Pandit Lachhu Maharaj (1901–1978) was an Indian classical dancer and choreographer of Kathak dance. He came from a family of illustrious Kathak exponents in Lucknow, and also worked as film choreographer, Hindi cinema, most notably Mughal-e-Azam (1960) and Pakeezah (1972). He was awarded the 1957 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, the highest award for performing artists, conferred by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama. He was paternal uncle of Pandit Birju Maharaj.
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| Born | 1 September 1901, Lucknow |
| Profession | choreographer |
| Awards | Sangeet Natak Akademi Award |
| Moon Sign (Rashi) | Pisces |
| Nakshatra | Revati (Pada 2) |
| Sun Sign | Leo |
| Ascendant (Lagna) | Capricorn |
| Birth data reliability | Accurate |
Birth details come from a recorded or documented source (source: Kundli Sangraha (Tendulkar)), so this chart is reliable.
Computed with Swiss Ephemeris (Lahiri ayanamsa).
Our library holds 148 Bollywood personalities with a computed Vedic chart from reliable birth data. 14 of them (9%) have the Moon in Pisces, like Lachhu Maharaj, and 5 (3%) share the Revati Nakshatra — the #12 most common Moon Nakshatra among Bollywood personalities, where Swati leads with 10 (7%).
For scale, an even spread would put about 3.7% in each of the 27 Nakshatras and 8.3% in each Moon sign. These are simple counts from our dataset, not a prediction.
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Lachhu Maharaj was born on 1 September 1901 in Lucknow. Birth details come from a recorded or documented source (source: Kundli Sangraha (Tendulkar)), so this chart is reliable.
Lachhu Maharaj's Moon sign (Rashi) is Pisces and the Nakshatra is Revati, pada 2, computed with Swiss Ephemeris using the Lahiri ayanamsa.
Lachhu Maharaj's Ascendant is Capricorn, calculated from the recorded birth time.
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