
Sitara Devi is a choreographer, actor born in Varanasi (British Raj).
Sitara Devi (born Dhanlakshmi; 8 November 1920 – 25 November 2014) was an Indian dancer of the classical Kathak style of dancing, a singer, and an actress. She was the recipient of several awards and accolades, and performed at several prestigious venues in India and abroad; including the Royal Albert Hall, London (1967) and at the Carnegie Hall, New York (1976). At a young age Devi met Rabindranath Tagore. He out of affection described her as Nritya Samragni ( नृत्य सम्राज्ञी ), meaning the empress of dance, after watching her performance when she was just sixteen years old. Some people consider her as the Kathak queen.
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| Born | 25 October 1924, Varanasi |
| Profession | choreographer, actor |
| Nationality | British Raj |
| Spouse | K. Asif, Nazir Ahmed Khan |
| Children | Ranjit Barot |
| Awards | Padma Bhushan, Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, Fellow of the Sangeet Natak Akademi, Padma Shri in arts |
| Moon Sign (Rashi) | Leo |
| Nakshatra | Purva Phalguni (Pada 4) |
| Sun Sign | Libra |
| Ascendant (Lagna) | Libra |
| 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. 9 of them (6%) have the Moon in Leo, like Sitara Devi, and 3 (2%) share the Purva Phalguni Nakshatra — the #21 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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Sitara Devi was born on 25 October 1924 in Varanasi. Birth details come from a recorded or documented source (source: Kundli Sangraha (Tendulkar)), so this chart is reliable.
Sitara Devi's Moon sign (Rashi) is Leo and the Nakshatra is Purva Phalguni, pada 4, computed with Swiss Ephemeris using the Lahiri ayanamsa.
Sitara Devi's Ascendant is Libra, calculated from the recorded birth time.
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