Chitra may refer to:

Art

Chitra (art) Chitra or citra is an Indian genre of art that includes painting, sketch and any art form of delineation. The earliest mention of the term ''Chitra'' in the context of painting or picture is found in some of the ancient Sanskrit texts of Hinduism ...

, a historic art that includes paintings, sketching with or without multiple colors

People

Chithra Krishnan Nair Shantakumari Chithra (born 27 July 1963) is an Indian playback singer and Carnatic musician. In a career spanning around five decades, she has recorded over 25,000 Songs in various Indian languages languages such as Tamil, Kann ...

, Indian playback singer *

Chitra (actress) Chithra (21 May 1965 – 21 August 2021) was an Indian actress best known for her work in Malayalam and Tamil films. She had acted in more than 100 films. She acted along with Prem Nazir and Mohanlal in her first film ''Aattakalasam'' in 1983. ...

, Indian film actress (1965-2021) * V. J. Chitra, Indian television actress (1992-2020) * Chitra Bahadur K.C., Nepalese politician *

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (born Chitralekha Banerjee, 1956) is an Indian-born American author, poet, and the Betty and Gene McDavid Professor of Writing at the University of Houston Creative Writing Program. Her short story collection, ''Arrang ...

(born 1956), Indian-American author, poet, and professor of English * Chitra Bharucha (born 1945), former Consultant Haematologist and Vice Chair of the BBC Trust *

Chitra Dewi Rara Patma Dewi Tjitrohadiseikusumo (26 January 1930 – 28 October 2008), best known under her stage name Chitra Dewi, was an Indonesian actress and director. She was noted for her roles in Usmar Ismail's films of the 1950s, appearing in fil ...

(1934–2008), Indonesian actress *

Chitra Ganesh Chitra Ganesh (born 1975 in Brooklyn, New York, U.S.) is a visual artist based in Brooklyn. Her work across media includes charcoal drawings, digital collages, films, web projects, photographs, and wall murals. Ganesh draws from mythology, literat ...

(born 1975), artist based in Brooklyn, New York *

Chitra Jeremiah Chitra Talatoka Jeremiah (''née'' Menke; born 15 June 1971) is a Nauruan diplomat. As of 2024, she is the ambassador of Nauru to the People's Republic of China. Early life and education Jeremiah, birth name Chitra Talatoka Lusiana Obeira Menke, ...

(born 1971), Nauruan diplomat * Chitra Lekha Yadav, Nepalese politician *

Chitra Mudgal Chitra Mudgal (born 10 December 1943) is an Indian Writer and one of the leading literary figures of modern Hindi literature. She is the first Indian woman to receive the coveted Vyas Samman for her novel ''Avaan''. In 2019 she was awarded ...

(born 1944), literary figure in modern Hindi literature * Chitra Sarwara (born 1975), Indian politician from Haryana * Chitra Singh (born 1945), female ghazal singer * Chitra Soman (born 1983), Indian sprinter *

Chitra Subramaniam Chitra Subramaniam Duella (born 5 April 1958) is an Indian journalist. She is recognised in India for her investigation of the Bofors-India Howitzer deal which is widely believed to have contributed to the electoral defeat of former prime Min ...

(born 1958), Indian journalist *

Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma Sree Padmanabhadasa Sree Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma , popularly known as Sree Chithira Thirunal (7 November 1912 – 20 July 1991), was the last ruling Maharaja of the Indian princely state of Travancore, in southern India until 1949 and ...

(1912–1991), also Sree Chitra Thirunal, Indian monarch, last ruling Maharajah of Travancore from 1924–1949 *

Chitra Visweswaran Chitra Visweswaran is an Indian Bharata Natyam dancer who runs a dance school, the Chidambaram Academy of Performing Arts, in Chennai. She was awarded the Padma Shri, one of the top civilian honours given by the Government of India, in 1992 ...

, classical dancer

Zoology

* ''Chitra'' (turtle), a turtle genus from Asia *

Sandfly Sandfly or sand fly is a colloquial name for any species or genus of flying, biting, blood-sucking dipteran (fly) encountered in sandy areas. In the United States, ''sandfly'' may refer to certain horse flies that are also known as "greenhea ...

, a biting fly found in sandy areas

Institutions

Sree Chitra Thirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), formerly Sree Chitra Tirunal Medical Center, is an Institution of National Importance in India established in 1976 at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. The institute is a sta ...

, Thiruvananthapuram, India * Sree Chitra Thirunal College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram, India

Other uses

* ''Chitra'' (1946 film), a 1946 Indian Tamil-language film * ''Chitra'' (2001 film), a 2001 Indian Kannada-language film, a remake of the 2000 Telugu film ''Chitram'' * ''Chitra'' (play), a 1914 play by Rabindranath Tagore * ''Chitra'' nakshatra, in Hindu astrology, a nakshatra (lunar mansion) corresponding to the constellation

Spica Spica is the brightest object in the constellation of Virgo and one of the 20 brightest stars in the night sky. It has the Bayer designation α Virginis, which is Latinised to Alpha Virginis and abbreviated Alpha Vir or α Vir. Analys ...

* Chitra River, a river in the Narail District of southwestern Bangladesh *

Chitrakar Chitrakar (Devanagari: चित्रकार) is a caste within the Newar community of the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal. The Newar caste system is divided according to profession. Accordingly, Chitrakars were painters and mask makers. In Nepal ...

, painters and mask makers * ''Chitra'', a 1960 ballet by

Niyazi Niyazi Zulfugar oghlu Taghizade Hajibeyov (; 20 August 1912 – 2 August 1984) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani conductor and composer. People's Artist of the USSR (1959) and Hero of Socialist Labour (1982). Early life Niyazi was born on August 20, ...

Chitra, Deoghar Chitra is a village in Sarath CD block in the Madhupur subdivision of the Deoghar district in the Indian state of Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in East India, eastern India. The state shares ...

, a village in Jharkhand, India

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