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Yogeswaran
Yogeswaran is a Tamil given name and surname, a variant of Yogeshwara. Notable people with the name include: *Manickam Yogeswaran (born 1959), Sri Lankan Tamil musician *Sarojini Yogeswaran, Sri Lankan politician * S. Yogeswaran, Sri Lankan Tamil politician *V. Yogeswaran Vettivelu Yogeswaran ( ta, வெற்றிவேலு யோகேஸ்வரன்; 5 February 1934 – 13 July 1989) was a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer, politician and Member of Parliament. Early life and family Yogeswaran was born 5 Febr ... (1934–1989), Sri Lankan Tamil politician {{given name, type = both Tamil masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarojini Yogeswaran
Sarojini Yogeswaran (née Ponnambalam) was a Sri Lankan politician. Yogeswaran was a member of the Tamil United Liberation Front. In 1997, she was elected mayor of Jaffna, the first elected mayor in 14 years and also the first woman mayor of the city. Mrs. Yogeswaran was shot five times with a pistol near her Jaffna home on 17 May 1998. She died on the way to hospital. A LTTE The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE; ta, தமிழீழ விடுதலைப் புலிகள், translit=Tamiḻīḻa viṭutalaip pulikaḷ, si, දෙමළ ඊළාම් විමුක්ති කොටි, t ... front organization called the Sankiliyan Force claimed responsibility. Further reading * * References External links Amnesty International statement 1998 deaths Assassinated mayors Assassinated Sri Lankan politicians Deaths by firearm in Sri Lanka Mayors of Jaffna People killed during the Sri Lankan Civil War Sri Lankan Hindus Sri Lankan Tami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manickam Yogeswaran
Maanikkam Yogeswaran is a Sri Lankan Tamil musician and exponent of Carnatic music. He was born 1959 in Meesalai, Sri Lanka, where he attended Jaffna Hindu College before moving to London. He currently lives in Berlin and is co-artistic director of the Global Music Academy. As a classical singer of Carnatic music, he trained under S. Balasingam and P. Muthukumaraswamy Sarma. His guru was T. V. Gopalakrishnan He has contributed to film scores and dance and theatre companies in and outside the United Kingdom and performed with European classical orchestras. He performed at BBC Proms, the Royal Albert Hall with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Glastonbury, Arts and ideas Festival, Spitalfields, Womad and with Jocelyn Pook for the Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee. Besides being a member of the London-based band ''The Shout'', he has performed with the German world music band ''Dissidenten''. As part of the AIUME educational project, he has broug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yogeshwar (name)
Yogeshwar is an Indian masculine given name. The Sanskrit word ' is a compound of ' and '. It has the meanings "master in magical arts", "master in yoga", "deity", and has been used as an epithet for Krishna, Vetala, Yajnavalkya, and others. A South Indian analogue of this name is Yogeswaran. Notable people * C. P. Yogeshwar (born 1962), Indian politician from Karnataka * Ranga Yogeshwar (born 1959), Luxembourgish physicist and science journalist * Yogeshwar Amatya (born 1964), Nepali singer, musician, producer, actor, social activist, and photographer * Yogeshwar Dayal (1930–1994), Indian judge * Yogeshwar Dutt (born 1982), Indian freestyle wrestler * Yogeshwar Prasad Yogesh (?–2007), Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh/Uttarakhand * Yogeshwar Raj Singh Yogeshwar Raj Singh (born 1967) is a scion of Kawardha Raj family and son of late Vishwaraj Pratap Singh. He did his schooling from Rajkumar College, Raipur. He married 19 February 2003, Rani Kriti Devi belonging to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamil Masculine Given Names
Tamil may refer to: * Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia **Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils **Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia * Tamil language, natively spoken by the Tamils * Tamil script, primarily used to write the Tamil language **Tamil (Unicode block), a block of Tamil characters in Unicode * Tamil dialects, referencing geographical variations in speech See also * Tamil cinema, also known as Kollywood, the word being a portmanteau of Kodambakkam and Hollywood. * Tamil cuisine * Tamil culture, is considered to be one of the world's oldest civilizations. * Tamil diaspora * Tamil Eelam, a proposed independent state in the north and east of Sri Lanka * Tamil Nadu, one of the 28 states of India * Tamil nationalism * ''Tamil News'', a daily Tamil-language television news program in Tamil Nadu * Tamilakam Tamiḻakam (Tamil: தமிழகம்; Malayalam: തമിഴകം), ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
