Ragini Devi

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Name (Latin)
Ragini Devi
Other forms of name
Devi, Ragini
Esther Luella Sherman
Esther Sherman
Luella Sherman, Esther
Sherman, Esther
Sherman, Esther Luella
Date of birth
1893-08-18
Date of death
1982-01-23
Gender
female
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 246021182
Wikidata: Q106315104
Library of congress: n 79133698
HAI10: 000553975
Sources of Information
  • Author's Dances of India, 1962.
  • Dancing in the family, 2001:p. 6 (Esther Luella Sherman; b. 8th Aug., 1893) p. 156 (d. 5th Feb., 1999) jkt. (Esther Sherman; mother of Indrani Rahman, Indian danseuse)
Wikipedia description:

Esther Luella Sherman (18 August 1893 – 23 January 1982), better known as Ragini Devi, was an Indian classical dancer of Bharata Natyam, Kuchipudi, Kathakali and Odissi, which she popularised in the west.

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