Charu is a word derived from Sanskrit that refers to something beautiful, graceful and pure in a spiritual sense. The word also means “one who is radiant and graceful” And is often used in the

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for praising

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. It refers to the kind of beauty that is out of this materialistic world and often refers to celestial bodies such as the full moon. In a popular

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poem, ''charu'' is used to describe the beauty of the moon-''Charu chandra ki chanchal kirne khel rahi thi jal-thal mein''.According t
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this poem means: "Charun Chandra's playful rays were playing in the water"

As a name

Charu is a popular name given to Hindu males and females and means divinely good looking and charming. Notable people with the name Charu include: *

Charu Majumdar Charu Majumdar (Bengali: চারু মজুমদার; 15 May 1918 – 28 July 1972), popularly known as CM, was a Communist leader from India, and founder and General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist). Born in ...

: The founder of

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Andolan in India * Charulata: Eponymous protagonist of

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's movie *

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: a Tibetan style coffee shop and event center in

Chengdu Chengdu (, ; Simplified Chinese characters, simplified Chinese: 成都; pinyin: ''Chéngdū''; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ), Chinese postal romanization, alternatively Romanization of Chi ...

Other meanings

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, charu is the name of a flower. Charu is a sweet porridge-like foodstuff offered as ''ahuti'' (offering) in the

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s. In

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, rasam is known as charu.

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