Chitra 5332813 219437399 2008-06-15T06:04:31Z Aditya Kabir 1383740 minor fixes '''Chitra''' could refer to * ''Chitra'' (चित्र) is a [[nakshatra]]. It is also a common [[hindu]] name for the female child in [[India]] derived from the [[sanskrit]] word for portrait or picture. Girls born under the star Chitra (Chitirai) are sometimes given this name. * The following people carry the name Chitra: ** [[Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni]], an Indian-American author, poet, and professor of English ** [[Chitra Bharucha]], a former Consultant Haematologist and Vice Chair of the BBC Trust ** [[Chitra Ganesh]], an artist based in Brooklyn, New York ** [[Chitra Singh]], a female ''ghazal'' singer ** [[Chitra K. Soman]], an Indian sprinter ** [[Chitra Subramaniam]], an Indian journalist ** [[K. S. Chithra]], a popular Indian playback singer ** [[Chitra Bahadur K.C.]] is a Nepalese politician ** [[Chitra Lekha Yadav]] is a Nepalese politician * ''Chitra'' is the title of a play written by the Bengali poet and Nobel laureate [[Rabindranath Tagore]] * [[Chitra (genus)]], a turtle genus ** [[Chitra indica]], a narrow-headed soft-shelled turtle * Chitra is a river in the [[Narail District]] of southwestern Bangladesh * [[Chitrakar]], "One who paints" (chitra means a [[painting]]) {{disambig}}