Kesari may refer to:
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''Kesari'' (2019 film), an Indian Hindi-language film
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''Kesari'' (2020 film), an Indian Marathi-language film
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''Kesari'' (newspaper), an Indian newspaper
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INS ''Kesari'', ships of the Indian Navy
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Kesari dynasty
The Somavamshi ( IAST: Somavaṃśī, "Lunar dynasty") or Keshari (IAST: Keśarī) dynasty ruled parts of present-day Odisha in eastern India between the 9th and the 12th centuries. Their capitals included Yayatinagara (modern Binka) and Abhina ...
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Kesari (Ramayana)
Kesari is a male ''vanara,'' and a character in Hindu mythology. He is the father of Hanuman and the husband of Anjana.
Legend
While Kesari resided in Mount Meru, Brahmā cursed an apsara named Managarva, and turned her into a vanara. Sh ...
, father of Hanuman (a hero of Ramayana)
People
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Kesari Balakrishna Pillai
Akathoot Balakrishna Pillai (1889–1960), better known as Kesari Balakrishna Pillai, was a Malayalam writer, art and literary critic and journalist, considered by many as one of the most influential thinkers of modern Kerala. He was the eponymous ...
(1889–1960), Indian writer, critic in Malayalam who wrote under the pseudonym ''Kesari'', and the name of a Malayalam-language newspaper he started
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Kesari Singh Barahath
Thakur Kesari Singh Barhath (21 November 1872 – 14 August 1941) was a prominent Indian revolutionary leader,freedom fighter, and educationist from the state of Rajasthan. He was the patriarch of the Barhath family, members of which actively ...
(1872–1941), Indian poet and freedom fighter
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K. N. Kesari (1875–1953), Indian physician, social reformer, philanthropist, author, magazine editor and music patron
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Kamraj Kesari
Kamraj Kesari (24 October 1922 – 26 March 1985) was an Indian cricketer who played 33 matches of first-class cricket for several teams in India from 1941 to 1959.
A middle-order batsman and right-arm off-spin bowler, he took 7 for 55 and 2 ...
(1922–1985), cricketer
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Narayan Singh Kesari (born 1936), Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party
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Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar
Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar (1860 – 14 November 1914) was a Malayali essayist and short story writer, and a prominent landlord of Malabar district.
Vengayil family
Nayanar was born in an aristocratic Nair family known as "Vengayil" in Chiracka ...
(1861–1914), Indian writer who also used ''Kesari'' as a pseudonym
See also
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Kesari bhath
Kesari bat or kesari baat ( kn, ಕೇಸರಿ ಬಾತ್) is a sweet Indian food that is common throughout the country. The classic ingredients used for its preparation are semolina, sugar, ghee (usually), water, and milk. The sweet is more com ...
, an Indian dessert made of semolina, sugar, and ghee
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Khesari
''Lathyrus sativus'', also known as grass pea, cicerchia, blue sweet pea, chickling pea, chickling vetch, Indian pea, white pea and white vetch,''Kew GardensLathyrus sativus'' (grass pea) is a legume (family Fabaceae) commonly grown for huma ...
, a type of grass pea
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Keshar (disambiguation)
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Lathyrus sativus
''Lathyrus sativus'', also known as grass pea, cicerchia, blue sweet pea, chickling pea, chickling vetch, Indian pea, white pea and white vetch,''Kew GardensLathyrus sativus'' (grass pea) is a legume (family Fabaceae) commonly grown for human ...
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