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Nataraja Nataraja () also known as Adalvallaan () is a depiction of the Hindu god Shiva as the divine cosmic dancer. His dance is called Tandava.''Encyclopædia Britannica'' (2015) The pose and artwork are described in many Hindu texts such as the ''T ...

, a depiction of Hindu God Shiva.

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* A. Natarajan, Indian politician *

A. K. C. Natarajan A. K. C. Natarajan (born 30 March 1931) is a carnatic music clarinet player. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 2008. He received a Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1994. He was bestowed with the title ''Nadha Dwee ...

(born 1931), Indian musician * A. R. Natarajan, Indian publisher * B. Natarajan, Indian politician * E. M. Natarajan (died 2001), Indian politician * Indi Nadarajah, Malaysian actor and singer * K. V. Nadarajah (1905–2000), Ceylonese lawyer and politician * M. Nadarajah, Sri Lankan politician * N. Nadarajah (1897–?), Ceylonese lawyer and judge * N. S. N. Nataraj, Indian politician * N. V. Natarajan (1912–1975), Indian politician *

Nadarajah Govindasamy In Singapore, 29-year-old Mohamed Azad s/o Mohamed Hussein, the editor of the Singapore Airlines's house magazine, was found murdered on 21 November 1974, five days after he was reported missing. Mohamed's body was discovered inside a gunny sack, ...

, Singaporean convicted murderer * Nataraja Guru (1895–1973), Indian social reformer *

Natarajan Subramaniam Natarajan Subramanian, better known as Natty, is an Indian cinematographer who has worked on Tamil films. He has also worked as an actor in Tamil films and achieved recognition through his performance as a conman in ''Sathuranga Vettai'' (2014) ...

, Indian actor and producer * P. R. Natarajan, Indian politician *

Pyramid Natarajan Pyramid Natarajan is a former Indian actor and producer, who has appeared in character roles in Tamil cinema. He made his breakthrough as an actor playing a role in Mani Ratnam's ''Alaipayuthey'' (2000) portraying the role of Madhavan's father ...

, Indian actor and producer *

R. Nataraja Mudaliar Rangaswamy Nataraja Mudaliar (1885–1972), was an Indian film director. Popularly known as the father of Tamil cinema, he was a pioneer in the production of silent films. Starting his career as an automobile spare parts merchant, he started the ...

(1885–1972), Indian film director * S. Nadarajah (died 1988), Sri Lankan lawyer and politician * S. Natarajan, Indian politician * Saralees Nadarajah (born 1965), British statistician *

Shekar Natarajan Kambalapally Chandra Shekar (16 July 1965 – 19 May 2014) was an Indian cartoonist known for his political cartoons in English and in Telugu. Early life He was born to a Telugu family in Suryapet, in the Nalgonda district of Andhra Pradesh ...

(born 1979), Indian businessman *

T. Nadaraja Professor Thambiah Nadaraja was a Sri Lankan academic, lawyer and author. He was dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Ceylon and chancellor of the University of Jaffna. Early life and family Nadaraja was born on 27 December 1927. He ...

(1917–2004), Sri Lankan lawyer and academic

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Bhuvana Natarajan Bhuvana Natarajan was an Indian translator and short story writer. She published over 20 books and in 2009 was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize for translation from Bengali to Tamil. Many of her short stories have appeared in ''Kal ...

, Indian author *

Jayanthi Natarajan Jayanthi Natarajan (born 7 June 1954) is an Indian lawyer and politician. She was a member of the Indian National Congress and has been thrice elected Member of Parliament representing the state of Tamil Nadu in the Rajya Sabha. From July 2011 ...

(born 1954), Indian lawyer and politician *

Krishnakumar Natarajan Krishnakumar Natarajan is one of the co-founders of IT company Mindtree, and was until recently the Executive Chairman of the company. He is currently Managing Partner at Mela Ventures, an early stage venture capital fund in India. He was appoin ...

, Indian businessman *

Natarajan Chandrasekaran Natarajan Chandrasekaran (born 2 June 1963) is an Indian businessman, and the chairman of Tata Sons. He was chief operating officer (COO) and executive director of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), where in 2009, he became chief executive offic ...

(born 1963), Indian businessman *

Meenakshi Natarajan Meenakshi Natarajan (born 23 July 1973) is an Indian politician and former Member of Parliament from Mandsaur (Lok Sabha constituency), Mandsaur from 2009 to 2014, her single term in parliament. Background Meenakshi Natarajan was born in Birlag ...

(born 1973), Indian politician * Nataraja Ramakrishna (1923–2011), Indian dance guru *

Nadarajah Raviraj Nadarajah Raviraj ( ta, நடராஜா ரவிராஜ், translit=naṭarājā ravirāj, ; 25 June 1962 – 10 November 2006) was a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician. He was Mayor of Jaffna in 2001 and a Member of Parliament for J ...

(1962–2006), Sri Lankan lawyer and politician *

Nadarajah Selvarajah Nadarajah Selvarajah ( ta, நடராஜா செல்வராஜா) (b. October 20, 1954, Jaffna) is a Sri Lankan librarian, writer and bibliographer. Selvarajah has written more than 43 books until June 2017. So far he has compiled 11 volu ...

(born 1954), Sri Lankan librarian, writer and bibliographer * Nadarajah Shanmugarajah (1912–?), Ceylonese engineer *

Nadarajah Thangathurai Nadarajah Thangavelu ( ta, நடராசா தங்கவேல்; died 25 July 1983; commonly known by the nom-de-guerre Thangadurai) was a Sri Lankan Tamil rebel and one of the founders of the Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization, a separ ...

(died 1983), Sri Lankan rebel * Navya Natarajan, Indian actress * Priyamvada Natarajan, Indian academic

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