112th birthday with a doodle, and later in the month marking the 80th year of the Kalakshetra Foundation held, 'Remembering Rukmini Devi’ festival of music and dance. Google also featured her in the 2017 Google Doodle for International Women's Day. Awards and honours 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) Kalidas Samman (1984), Govt of Madhya Pradesh D. Lit. (Honoris Causa), Indira Kala Sangit Vishwavidyalaya, Khairagarh, Chhattisgarh Queen Victoria Silver Medal, Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, London 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 See also Bharatanatyam Indian women in dance List of animal rights advocates References Further reading Art and culture in Indian life. Kerala University Press, Trivandrum 1975 Sarada, S.: Kalakshetra-Rukmini Devi, reminiscences. Kala Mandir Trust, Madras 1985 India’s 50 Most Illustrious Women by Indra Gupta. Icon Publications, 2003. . Selections, Some selected speeches & writings of Rukmini Devi Arundale. Kalakshetra Foundation, Chennai 2003. Rukmini Devi Arundale: Birth Centenary Volume, edited by Shakuntala Ramani. Chennai, Kalakshetra Foundation, 2003, Kalakshetra Foundation (Hrsg.): Shraddanjali, brief pen portraits of a galaxy of great people who laid the foundations of Kalakshetra. Kalakshetra Foundation, Chennai 2004 Photo Biography of Rukmini Devi, Sunil Kothari. Chennai, The Kalakshetra Foundation, 2004. Meduri, Avanthi (Hrsg.): Rukmini Devi Arundale (1904–1986), A Visionary Architect of Indian Culture and the Performing Arts. Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi 2005; . Samson, Leela (2010). Rukmini Devi: A Life, Delhi: Penguin Books, India, External links Trans-national biography of Rukmini Devi Rukmini Devi and Kalakshetra 1904 births 1986 deaths 20th-century Indian dancers 20th-century Indian women artists Animal welfare and rights in India Anti-vivisectionists Artists from Madurai Bharatanatyam exponents Dancers from Tamil Nadu Indian animal welfare workers Indian arts administrators Indian female classical dancers Indian Theosophists Indian vegetarianism activists Nominated members of the Rajya Sabha Performers of Indian classical dance Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in arts Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship Women artists from Tamil Nadu Women members of the Rajya Sabha