Rukmini Devi Arundale

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Indian classical dancer cultural reformer human theosophist

Rukmini Devi Arundale was an Indian theosophist, dancer, and cultural reformer renowned for reviving and reimagining the classical dance form Bharatanatyam and for founding the Kalakshetra Foundation in Chennai.

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Rukmini Devi Arundale canonical 2
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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian classical dancer ⓘ
cultural reformer ⓘ
human ⓘ
theosophist ⓘ
awardReceived Padma Bhushan ⓘ
Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship ⓘ
birthDate 1904-02-29 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship India ⓘ
deathDate 1986-02-24 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Tamil ⓘ
familyName Arundale ⓘ
fieldOfWork Bharatanatyam ⓘ
Indian classical dance ⓘ
founded Kalakshetra ⓘ
Kalakshetra Foundation ⓘ
fullName Rukmini Devi Arundale self-link ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
givenName Rukmini ⓘ
influenced Indian cultural policy ⓘ
modern Bharatanatyam practice ⓘ
influencedBy Annie Besant ⓘ
Theosophical teachings ⓘ
knownFor founding Kalakshetra Foundation ⓘ
reform of Bharatanatyam ⓘ
revival of Bharatanatyam ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
marriedTo George Arundale ⓘ
memberOf Theosophical Society ⓘ
surface form: Theosophical Society Adyar
movement revival of Indian classical arts ⓘ
nationality Indian ⓘ
nominatedBy President of India ⓘ
notableWork Kalakshetra Foundation ⓘ
occupation choreographer ⓘ
cultural activist ⓘ
dancer ⓘ
educator ⓘ
theosophist ⓘ
placeOfBirth British India ⓘ
Madras, India ⓘ
surface form: Madras

Madras Presidency ⓘ
placeOfDeath Chennai ⓘ
India ⓘ
Tamil Nadu ⓘ
politicalPositionHeld Member of the Rajya Sabha ⓘ
positionHeld Member of the Rajya Sabha ⓘ
religiousOrPhilosophicalMovement Theosophy ⓘ
residence Adyar ⓘ
Chennai ⓘ
spouse George Arundale ⓘ

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University of Madras → hasNotableAlumni → Rukmini Devi Arundale ⓘ
Rukmini → alsoKnownAs → Rukmini Devi Arundale ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rukmini Devi
Rukmini Devi Arundale → fullName → Rukmini Devi Arundale self-link ⓘ