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Narayanan Ravishankar
Narayana (Also rendered Narayane, Narayanan, Narain, Narayankar or Narine) (from Sanskrit नारायण, ''nārāyaṇá'', literally "eternal man") is an Indian name. It is identical in form to the name of the deity Narayana, another name for Vishnu. The name Narayana is predominantly used in South India especially among Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu speakers. Notable persons Narayana (Name) * Suryanarayana (other) * Narayana Rao (other) * Narayana Murthy (other) * Narayana Reddy (other) * Narayana Pandit, mathematician * Narayana Pillai (other) Narayan *Narayan (actor), Indian film actor *Narayan (writer), Indian writer *Aditya Narayan, Indian television show host * Alison R.H. Narayan, American chemistry professor *Anand Narayan, Indian television personality *Badri Narayan, Indian artist *Brij Narayan, Indian sarod player *Irene Jai Narayan, Fiji Indian politician *Jagaddipendra Narayan, Maharaja of Cooch Behar * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanskrit
Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late Bronze Age. Sanskrit is the sacred language of Hinduism, the language of classical Hindu philosophy, and of historical texts of Buddhism and Jainism. It was a link language in ancient and medieval South Asia, and upon transmission of Hindu and Buddhist culture to Southeast Asia, East Asia and Central Asia in the early medieval era, it became a language of religion and high culture, and of the political elites in some of these regions. As a result, Sanskrit had a lasting impact on the languages of South Asia, Southeast Asia and East Asia, especially in their formal and learned vocabularies. Sanskrit generally connotes several Old Indo-Aryan language varieties. The most archaic of these is the Vedic Sanskrit found in the Rig Veda, a colle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aditya Narayan
Aditya Narayan (born 6 August 1987) is an Indian people, Indian singer, host and actor. He is the son of singer Udit Narayan. He is known for hosting Indian Idol and participating in Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 9. Personal life Narayan was born to singer Udit Narayan and Deepa Narayan. In November 2020, he announced his marriage with Shweta Agarwal to be held in December the same year. They married on 1 December 2020, in a close-knit ceremony in Mumbai attended by a small number of people. They had a child, a girl, in March 2022. Career Narayan's first playback song was for the Nepalese film ''Mohini'' in 1992 and then a Hindi film ''Rangeela (1995 film), Rangeela'' with Asha Bhosle. Later in 1995 he performed a song for ''Akele Hum Akele Tum'' along with his father, Udit Narayan. His acting career as a child began when Narayan was spotted by producer and director Subhash Ghai at the 1995 Filmfare Award function, as the final performer for the "Little Wonders" troupe. Gh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manu Narayan
Manu Narayan (born August 16, 1973) is an American actor, film producer, singer, songwriter, composer and saxophonist. He served as a Trustee of Carnegie Mellon University, his alma mater, from 2013-2016. Narayan was hailed as a "promising young star...a compelling actor and outstanding singer who can light up a stage with sheer force of personality," by UPI in 2004 when he made his Broadway debut in the Andrew Lloyd Webber, A.R. Rahman musical ''Bombay Dreams'', originating the role of the "hero" Akaash. Narayan co-starred as Rajneesh alongside Mike Myers in the Paramount Pictures' feature film ''The Love Guru'' (2008). Early life Narayan was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is an accomplished classical saxophonist in the western and South Indian Carnatic styles. When Narayan was a freshman at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, he won the Concerto Competition and performed the Glazunov Saxophone Concerto with orchestra at Carnegie Hall in Pittsburgh. Narayan stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunwar Narayan
Kunwar Narayan (19 September 1927 – 15 November 2017) was a poet in Indian literature in Hindi.Reuters Hindi poet Kunwar Narayan wins Jnanpith award, 7 October 2009, Miral Fahmy, retrieved 21 March 2011. He read and traveled widely and wrote for six decades. He was linked to the movement. Death He died on 15 November 2017 at the age of 90.Works Poetry * ''Chakravyūh'' (Circular Siege), 1956. Radhakrishan, Delhi (first published by |
Kirin Narayan
Kirin Narayan (born November 1959) is an Indian-born American anthropologist, folklorist and writer. Early life, education, and career Narayan is the daughter of Narayan Ramji Contractor, a civil engineer from Nashik, and Didi Contractor, Didi Kinzinger, a German-American "artist, decorator, and builder of sustainable housing". Narayan was born in Mumbai, Bombay, attended school in India and came to the United States in 1976. Narayan received a Bachelor of Arts, BA in creative writing from Sarah Lawrence College and went on to post-graduate studies in anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley, receiving her Doctor of Philosophy, PhD in 1987. She taught anthropology and South Asian studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. In 1993 she was named a Guggenheim Fellowship, Guggenheim Fellow in the field of anthropology and cultural studies. She is a professor in the College of Asia and the Pacific at the Australian National University. Books In 1989, Narayan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalanidhi Narayanan
Kalanidhi Narayanan (7 December 1928 – 21 February 2016) was an Indian dancer and teacher of Indian classical dance form of Bharatnatyam, who was the early non-devadasi girl to learn the dance form and perform it on stage in the 1930s and 1940s. After a brief career in the 1940s, she returned to dance in 1973 and became a notable teacher of ''abhinaya''. She was awarded the Padma Bhushan Award, India's third highest civilian honour in 1985, the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Bharatnatyam in 1990, given by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama and Kalidas Samman (1998). She was also conferred Sangeet Natak Akademi Tagore Ratna for Dance in 2011. Early life and training Born Kalanidhi Ganapathi in the Brahmin household of Sumitra and Ganapati, her mother was keen on getting her dance education, and this was supported by her father. Thus starting at the age of seven she trained intensively under various gurus, this included Kamakshi Ammal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Narayan
Justin Narayan is an Australian youth pastor and television cook of Fijian-Indian heritage. He was declared as the winner of '' MasterChef Australia 2021''. Narayan intends to spend his $250,000 win on furthering his education. His ambitions include opening a food truck or restaurant that serves the Indian flavors he grew up with, and a portion of his profits going towards helping to feed and educate children located in the slums of India. Early life and family Narayan was born in Sydney to a family with Fijian and Indian heritage. At the age of 13 he started to cook and claims that most of his dishes are inspired by his family. Career Narayan was a youth pastor before joining ''MasterChef Australia''. He worked for the organisation Try Alpha. He also dabbled in an acting role of a Mr Singh in the short movie ''Rash Decision'' in 2018 along with the lead cast Sarah Thamin. MasterChef Narayan qualified to be one of the top 24 contestants '' MasterChef Australia 2021'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jayaprakash Narayan (Lok Satta)
Jaya Prakash Narayana (born 14 January 1956), is an Indian liberal politician and activist. He is the founder and president of Lok Satta Party. He served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly from Kukatpally constituency of Andhra Pradesh in India. In May 2014, he contested from Malkajgiri as a Member of Parliament and lost. A former Indian public administrator and physician by education, he is the founder and General Secretary of Foundation for Democratic Reforms(NGO), an independent public-policy think-tank and research-resource centre. Narayana is also a political reformer and columnist. He is well known for his role in electoral reforms and the Right to Information (RTI) act. He has also written columns in Indian newspapers, such as ''Times of India'', ''The Economic Times'', '' Financial Express'', ''The Hindu'' and ''Eenadu'', and hosted television shows covering elections and politics such as "''Pratidhwani''", and also acts as a mentor to Vision India Foundation. Ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jayaprakash Narayan
Jayaprakash Narayan (; 11 October 1902 – 8 October 1979), popularly referred to as JP or ''Lok Nayak'' (Hindi for "People's leader"), was an Indian independence activist, theorist, socialist and political leader. He is remembered for leading the mid-1970s opposition against Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, for whose overthrow he had called for a "Bihar Movement, total revolution". His biography, ''Jayaprakash,'' was written by his nationalist friend and the writer of Hindi literature, Rambriksh Benipuri. In 1999, he was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, in recognition of his social service. Other awards include the Magsaysay award for Public Service in 1965. Early life Jayprakash Narayan was born on 11 October 1902 in the village of Sitabdiara, Ballia district, United Provinces of British India, United Provinces, British India (present-day Saran district, Saran district, Bihar, India). Sitabdiara is a large village, straddling two states ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jagaddipendra Narayan
Sir Jagaddipendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur, (15 December 1915 – 11 April 1970) was Maharaja of Cooch-Behar, in India. He served in British forces during World War II and ceded full ruling powers to the Government of India in 1949. Early life He was born at Cooch Behar Palace as the eldest son of Maharaja Jitendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur, the Maharaja of Cooch-Behar, by his wife, Maharani Indira Devi Sahiba. He was informally known as 'Bhaiya' and was the brother of Gayatri Devi. He was educated at St Cyprian's School, Eastbourne, Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge, and also at the Prince of Wales Royal Indian Military College, Dehradun. He became the Maharaja of Cooch Behar at the age of seven on the death of his father on 20 December 1922 and ascended the ''gadi'', on 24 December 1922. He reigned under the Regency of his mother until he came of age and was invested with full ruling powers on 6 April 1936. His close relatives stayed in Jaipur, Baroda, Dewas, Kota, Allah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irene Jai Narayan
Irene Jai Narayan (23 February 1932 – 29 July 2011) was an Indian-born teacher and politician, who had a significant influence on politics in Fiji. She came to Fiji in 1959 after marrying Jai Narayan, a well known school Principal in Suva, and began her career as a teacher. She taught in DAV Girls School and MGM High School in Suva before entering politics.Labour Leader Mahendra Chaudhry remembers Irene Jai Narayan , flp.org.fj; accessed 22 August 2016. Member of Legislative Council In 1966, she was handpicked by the then leader of the , |
Brij Narayan
Brij Narayan ( hi, बृज नारायण; IAST: ) (born 25 April 1952) is an Indian classical musician who plays the string instrument ''sarod''. Narayan was born in the Indian state Rajasthan and began to study ''sarod'' from a young age under his father Ram Narayan and other teachers. He won the All India Radio instrumentalist competition in 1967 and accompanied his father on a tour to Afghanistan in 1969. Narayan graduated from the University of Mumbai in 1972 and has since worked on movies and toured Africa, Europe, and America. Early life Narayan was born on 25 April 1952 in Udaipur, Rajasthan as the oldest son of ''sarangi'' player Ram Narayan. He was taught music from an early age and began playing the ''sarod'' at the age of seven. Narayan knows how to play ''sarangi'', but chose to specialize in playing the ''sarod'', stating he believed his background would give him an advantage over other ''sarod'' players and that he liked its "combination of melody and per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
