strologer Dr Lakshmi Shankar Shukla was born in Varanasi. Pandit Shukla comes from a traditional Hindu Brahmin family of astrologers in Varanasi, where the practice of astrology has been passed from generation to generation, and he was taught astrology in childhood by his grandfather, also a renowned astrologer. Pt. Shukla also holds a Post-Graduate Degree in Astrology (Jyotish) from the famed and prestigious Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, Varanasi.