Rukmini Devi Arundale

Name: Rukmini Devi Arundale

Famous as: Bharatnatyam Dancer

Date of Birth: 29th February 1904.

Birth Place: Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India

Father: Neelakanta Sastri

Mother: Seshammal

Spouse/Partner: George Arundale

Nationality:Indian

Sun Sign: Pisces

Date of Death: 24th February 1986

Death Place: Chennai

• Padma Bhushan (1956)
• Sangeet Natak Akademi Award(1957)
• Desikothama (1972), Viswa Bharati University
• 1967 Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship
• Prani Mitra (1968), Friend of All Animals, ( Animal Welfare Board of India)
• Queen Victoria Silver Medal, Royal Society for the prevention of Cruelty to Animals, London
• Kalidas Samman (1984), Govt of Madhys Prasesh
• Addition to the roll of honour by The World Federation for the Protection of animals, The Hague
• Honorary Doctorate, Wayne State University, United States
• Scrolls of Honour, County and City of Los Angeles