Sitara Devi
Kathak Performer
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Sitara Devi, born Dhanlakshmi on November 8, 1920, in Kolkata (then Calcutta), was an iconic Indian dancer of the classical Kathak style, a singer, and an actress. Her father, Pandit Sukhdev Maharaj, a Sanskrit scholar and Kathak dancer, was a pioneer of the Benaras Gharana, and her mother, Matsya Kumari, hailed from a family of performers connected to the…
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Awards & Honors
- Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (1969)
- Padma Shri (1973)
- Kalidas Samman (1995)
- Dadasaheb Phalke Award (2008)
- Sangeet Natak Akademi Ratna (2009)
- Legends of India Lifetime Achievement Award (2011)
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