Prasanna may refer to:

People

As sole name

Prasanna (actor) Prasanna Venkatesan, often credited mononymously as Prasanna, is an Indian actor who works predominantly in the Tamil cinema, Tamil film industry and alongside appeared in a few Telugu language, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam films. He made hi ...

(Prasanna Venkatesan, active from 2001), Indian film actor *

Prasanna (theatre director) Prasanna (born 10 February 1951), is a major Indian theatre director and playwright from Karnataka. He is one of the pioneers of modern Kannada theatre. He graduated from the National School of Drama (NSD). He founded Samudaya and gave a creativ ...

(born 1951), Indian theatre director and playwright *

V. V. Prasanna ''V.'' is the debut novel of Thomas Pynchon, published in 1963. It describes the exploits of a discharged U.S. Navy sailor named Benny Profane, his reconnection in New York with a group of pseudo-bohemian artists and hangers-on known as the Whol ...

, a Tamil playback singer

As family name

E. A. S. Prasanna Erapalli Anantharao Srinivas Prasanna (born 22 May 1940) is a former Indian cricket player. He was a spin bowler, specializing in off spin and a member of the Indian spin quartet. He is an alumnus of National Institute of Engineering, Mysore. ...

(born 1940), Indian international cricketer * Nivas K. Prasanna (born 1981), Indian film music composer *

R. Prasanna R. Prasanna (better known as ''Guitar Prasanna''), is a pioneer in performing Carnatic music on the guitar. He also plays jazz, progressive rock, and world fusion music, world fusion. Early life and background Prasanna grew up in Chennai, I ...

(born 1970), Indian musician from the Carnatic tradition *

Raghunath Prasanna Pandit Raghunath Prasanna (1913 – June 1999) was an Indian classical shehnai and flute player. He was known for using the techniques of shehnai in flute playing, also inspired by vocal music. Personal life and family Raghunath was born in ...

(born 191399), classical Indian musician *

Rajendra Prasanna Rajendra Prasanna (; born 15 April 1956) is an Indian classical flautist and shehnai (Indian oboe) player from Benares Gharana. Career Rajendra was born in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. He learnt music from his father Raghunath Prasanna a ...

(born 1956), classical Indian musician * Ramaswamy Prasanna (born 1982), Indian cricketer * Rishab Prasanna (born 1985), classical Indian musician *

Seekkuge Prasanna Seekkuge Prasanna ( si, සීක්කුගේ ප්‍රසන්න ; born 27 June 1985) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer, who plays for limited over cricket. He is a warrant officer Warrant officer (WO) is a rank or category of ...

(born 1985), Sri Lankan international cricketer

As given name

* Prasanna Alahakoon (born before 1987), Sri Lankan naval officer * Prasanna Amarasekara (born 1981), Sri Lankan track and field athlete *

Prasanna Acharya Prasanna Acharya (born 8 August 1949) is a politician from Odisha, India who sits in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian parliament. He is a member of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) political party. Career Acharya was a member of the n ...

(born 1949), Indian politician * Prasanna Gunasena (active from 2010), Sri Lankan neurosurgeon *

Prasanna Gunawardena Prasanna Gunawardena ( si, ප්‍රසන්න ගුණවර්ධන)is a former mayor of Colombo and a former presidential adviser. He is a Charted Architect and urban planner by profession. Personal life Born 23 August 1946 as son of Phil ...

(active 2015), Sri Lankan politician *

Prasanna Jayawardene Hewasandatchige Asiri Prasanna Wishvanath Jayawardene ( Sinhala: හේවාසන්දච්චිගේ ආසිරි ප්‍රසන්න විශ්වනාත් ජයවර්ධන) (born 10 September 1979), commonl ...

(born 1979), Sri Lankan international cricketer * K. B. Prasanna Kumar (born 1968), Indian politician *

Gouri Prasanna Majumdar Gauriprasanna Majumdar (1925–1986) was an Indian lyricist and writer, known for his work in Indian cinema The Cinema of India consists of motion pictures produced in India, which had a large effect on world cinema since the late 20th ce ...

(192486), Indian lyricist for Bengali films *

Prasanna Pandian K. Prasanna Pandian also known as PP, is an artist, architect and an animator from Tamil Nadu in south India. He was born in Madurai, Tamil Nadu in 1984, and is the founder-director of Archinfinitum, an architectural firm. He has won many ...

(born 1984), Indian artist, architect and animator *

Prasanna Kumar Patasani Prasanna Kumar Patasani (born 27 April 1946) is an Indian lawyer, philosopher, poet, and former member of Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament. He represented the Bhubaneswar constituency of Odisha from 1998 to 2019. He is the s ...

(born 1946), Indian lawyer, philosopher, poet and politician * Debi Prasanna Pattanayak (born 1931), Indian academic, linguist, social scientist and author *

Prasanna Ranatunga Prasanna Ranatunga (born 1 January 1967) is a Sri Lankan politician, member of parliament, and current Minister of Urban Development and Housing. He was also appointed as the Chief Government Whip on 18 April 2022. He was the 7th Chief Ministe ...

(active 200915), Sri Lankan politician *

Prasanna Ranaweera Bulathwalage Prasanna Ranaweera is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He was elected from Gampaha District in 2015, representing the Sri Lanka Freedom Party. He was suspended from parliament for a week on 5 May 20 ...

(active from 2015), Sri Lankan politician *

Prasanna Kumar Roy Prasanna Kumar Roy (1849 – 1932; better known as Dr. P. K. Roy) was an educationist and the first Indian principal of Presidency College, Kolkata. Early life The son of Shyam Sundar Ray, he belonged to a family originated from Subhaddya in Ke ...

(AKA Dr. P. K. Ray, 18491932), Indian educationist *

Prasanna Shamal Senarath Prasanna Shamal Senarath is the Opposition Leader North Western Province, Sri Lanka and the United National Party (UNP) Kurunegala Kurunegala ( si, කුරුණෑගල, ta, குருணாகல்) is a major city in Sri Lanka. It ...

(born before 1991), Sri Lankan politician *

Prasanna Kumar Tagore Prasanna may refer to: People As sole name * Prasanna (actor) (Prasanna Venkatesan, active from 2001), Indian film actor * Prasanna (theatre director) (born 1951), Indian theatre director and playwright * V. V. Prasanna, a Tamil playback singer ...

(180186), Indian lawyer, organiser and educator *

Prasanna Vithanage Udaya Prasanna Vithanage ( si, ප්‍රසන්න විතානගේ) (born 14 March 1962) is a Sri Lankan filmmaker. He is considered one of the pioneers of the third generation of the Sri Lankan cinema. He has directed eight feature ...

(born 1962), Sri Lankan filmmaker *

Eric Prasanna Weerawardena Eric Prasanna Weerawardhna MP (born 5 May 1983) is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka The Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා පාර්ලිම ...

(born 1983), Sri Lankan politician *

Prasanna Wickramasuriya Lieutenant Colonel Prasanna Wickramasuriya, WWV, RWP, RSP is a highly decorated (retired) Sri Lanka Army officer who served as Chairman of Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Ltd. As a two time recipient of the Weera Wickrama Vibhushana ...

(active 198198), Sri Lankan soldier

Places and buildings

Prasanna Venkatachalapathi Temple, Thuraiyur Prasanna Venkatachalapathi Temple is a Hindu temple situated on top of a hill called Perumalmalai located 3 kms from Thuraiyur in Tiruchirappalli district. The presiding deity is the Hindu god Vishnu. The temple is believed to have been constru ...

, a Hindu temple in Tiruchirappalli district, India *

Prasanna Venkatachalapathy Temple Gunaseelam Vishnu Temple (Abhimana Sthalam) is a Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu located from Trichy, in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the banks of river Kaveri. A visit temple is believed to be a curative to the menta ...

, a Hindu temple near Trichy in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu *

Prasanna Venkatesa Perumal Temple, Saidapet Sri Prasanna Venkata Narasimha Perumal is a Hindu temple in Saidapet, Chennai, in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is dedicated to Venkateswara, an incarnation of the Hindu deity Vishnu. It was constructed during the 15th century, but, ac ...

, a Hindu temple in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu *

Prasanna Venkatesa Perumal Temple, Thanjavur Prasanna Venkatesa Perumal Temple is a Hindu temple located in the town of Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu, India. The presiding deity is Vishnu. The temple was constructed by the Thanjavur Maratha king Pratapsingh in the 18th century. The temple is a ...

, a Hindu temple in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu * Prasanna Venkateswara Puram, a village in Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh, India * Prasanna Yoga Anjaneyar Temple, a Hindu temple in Chennai, India

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