Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum Wiki

Get hyped for Season 2! Beware of spoilers!

READ MORE

Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum Wiki
Info
Quote



Rukmini Devi Arundale was an Indian theosophist, dancer and choreographer of the Indian classical dance form of Bharatanatyam, and an activist for animal welfare. She was the first woman in Indian history to be nominated a member of the Rajya Sabha.

She does not have a Ordinary People Change the World book to her name, but she appeared in an episode of Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum called I Am Rukmini Devi.

She is voiced by Delia Chambers.

She is visited in 1911 and then 24 years later in 1935, so she would be appriximately 7 then 31 in her appearances.

Appearance[]

  • Rukmini Devi is depicted with light brown skin and black hair that is tied in a bun that’s held by a white scrunchie. She also has a bindi on her forehead and between her eyebrows. She wears two gold jhumka earrings, two bangle bracelets on each arm, a pink bharatanatyam dress with gold and magenta accents, light pink leggings and greyish-purple flats. She wears ghungroo bells whenever she’s practicing bharatanatyam.

Etymology[]

Rukmini's full name was Rukmini Devi Neelakanta Shastri until 1920 when she married George Arundale, becoming Rukmini Devi Arundale. Since she is referred to only by her forenames ("Rukmini Devi") this avoids a problem seen in other episodes with famous women who acquired their notable surnames by marriage, and characters wrongly referring to them by that surname despite meeting them before marriage.

Trivia[]

  • Rukmini Devi met Anna Pavlova during her travels. The show never made a reference to that.
ved Characters
Main
BerbyBrad Meltzer (character)Dr. ZoomXavier RiddleYadina Riddle
Historical Figures
Johann Sebastian BachMarie CurieMary ShelleyHarry HoudiniHelen KellerAlexander Graham BellFlorence NightingaleGeorge Washington CarverLeonardo da VinciAmelia EarhartIsaac NewtonGolda MeirWinston ChurchillCleopatraCatherine the GreatTomioka TessaiGeorge WashingtonSusan B. AnthonyZora Neale HurstonCharles DickensWright BrothersBrontë SistersMark TwainAbigail AdamsJulia ChildNeil ArmstrongJackie RobinsonAnna PavlovaMary LeakeyAlexander HamiltonTheodore RooseveltEleanor RooseveltLou GehrigMarie OwensJackie Joyner-KerseeSally RideJunko TabeiNikola TeslaNellie BlyMaya AngelouFrederick DouglassLouis PasteurRachel CarsonKate WarneSir Arthur Conan DoyleCésar ChávezDolores HuertaConfuciusSacagaweaMary AnningCharlie ChaplinBillie Jean KingArthur AsheRosa ParksThurgood MarshallHarriet TubmanWilma RudolphJonas SalkJesse OwensElla FitzgeraldJames NaismithTemple GrandinAlbert EinsteinCarol BurnettAbraham LincolnJane JacobsEdmund HillaryCelia CruzIbn BattutaBeulah Louise HenryJigonsasehRukmini DeviBob RossFred RogersMichelangeloDorothy LevittBessie ColemanSejong the GreatEugenie ClarkBenjamin BannekerRuth Bader GinsburgGrandmaster FlashMary SeacoleHedy LamarrArchimedesJames BraidwoodLili'uokalaniAlvin AileyLucy Maude MontgomeryZelia NuttallJules LéotardLouis BrailleZaha HadidJim ThorpeNorval MorrisseauRoberto ClementeKristi YamaguchiMadam C. J. WalkerEdwin BinneyWilliam ShakespeareKatherine JohnsonBruce LeeSonia ManzanoJerry SiegelJoe ShusterEdmonia LewisDavid SuzukiEsther MartinezGwen IfillMatthew HensonKofi AnnanWilliam HerschelCaroline Herschel
Minor Characters
HarperButterfly Club LeaderOlder GirlFearless JeanMurrayAnne SullivanBelleHelen's special teacherΠPoppyBell's MotherHelen's escortGeorge (I Am Alexander Graham Bell)Next Door NeighborFlo's petFlo's neighbor's dogBasketballerRobotterMonaAmelia's momAmelia's teacherGolda's MomTrike KidTurtlePark RangerReginaJinCharlieBenjamin and TheodorePhillipKing PtolemyCleo's catRiddles' momRiddles' dadRiddles' grandmaMatthiasBrad's dadBrad's granddadBrad's great-granddadRiddles' mom's momTomioka's FatherYadina's great grandmaLawrenceDaniel Read AnthonyGuelma Penn AnthonyGertieYoung ManOld ManJulia's GrandmotherMallie RobinsonSarahBrianKid in a green coatSarah's dadBrendan ConnollyGirl (I Am Marie Owens)TylerBoy 1LionQueen of ClubsJohn AdamsAnna's teacherJack PavlovaXavier and Yadina's great great grandmotherHikariDjuka TeslaMacakAlbertJules VerneJimmyTommyEggertonLennyBig KidBand LeaderMaiLewis and ClarkJosephHannah ChaplinBobby RiggsJamieTennis BoyTennis OfficialSkater BoyBus DriverGentlemanPoppy the DogKitty the CatFredThurgood's momBen and Rit TubmanSlave Owner (I Am Harriet Tubman)Wilma's sistersRufusMean Athlete KidBenCJAnnikaJosiah CrawfordTenzing NorgayBob's squirrelDirectorNancy RogersTag KidKitty CatTeenGaryJohn ColemanSoo-MinTaejinJeongsukFarmerMary BannekyKerryCelia BaderErrolMary's momMs. RachelAunt LuciaZelia's motherProfessorSwim InstructorKatieEloiseMr. Lumiere