Prakash Padukone is a badminton player born in Bangalore (India).
Prakash Padukone (born 10 June 1955) is an Indian former badminton player. He was ranked World No. 1 in 1980; the same year he became the first Indian to win the All England Open Badminton Championships. He was awarded the Arjuna award in 1972 and the Padma Shri in 1982 by the Government of India. He is one of the co-founders of Olympic Gold Quest, a foundation dedicated to the promotion of Olympic sports in India.
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| Born | 10 June 1955, Bangalore |
| Profession | badminton player |
| Nationality | India |
| Educated at | Bengaluru University |
| Children | Anisha Padukone, Deepika Padukone |
| Awards | International FairPlay Trophy & Medal, Padma Shri in sports, Sharma Award, national champion, Commonwealth Games champion, Arjuna Award |
| Moon Sign (Rashi) | Capricorn |
| Nakshatra | Shravana (Pada 1) |
| Sun Sign | Taurus |
| Ascendant (Lagna) | Aries |
| Birth data reliability | Reference |
Birth details come from a published reference (source: Astrology of Professions (Pathak)) and have not been checked against a birth record, so the Moon sign is usually right but the Ascendant could differ.
Computed with Swiss Ephemeris (Lahiri ayanamsa).
Our library holds 194 sportspeople with a computed Vedic chart from reliable birth data. 16 of them (8%) have the Moon in Capricorn, like Prakash Padukone, and 8 (4%) share the Shravana Nakshatra — the #10 most common Moon Nakshatra among sportspeople, where Pushya leads with 13 (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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Prakash Padukone was born on 10 June 1955 in Bangalore. Birth details come from a published reference (source: Astrology of Professions (Pathak)) and have not been checked against a birth record, so the Moon sign is usually right but the Ascendant could differ.
Prakash Padukone's Moon sign (Rashi) is Capricorn and the Nakshatra is Shravana, pada 1, computed with Swiss Ephemeris using the Lahiri ayanamsa.
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