Prasanna may refer to:

People

As sole name

* Prasanna (actor) (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 Nivas K. Prasanna is an Indian music director and singer who works in Tamil film industry. Career Born and brought up in Tirunelveli town India in South Tamil Nadu, Nivas began learning Carnatic music at age ten and completed all seven grades ...

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

Rishab Prasanna Rishab Prasanna ( hi, ऋषभ प्रसन्ना, ur, رشبھ پرسنا) is an Indian flute or bansuri player. He was born in New Delhi. He is the son of the flute and shehnai player Rajendra Prasanna. Career Rishab Prasanna learn ...

(born 1985), classical Indian musician * Seekkuge Prasanna (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 (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 awar ...

(born 1984), Indian artist, architect and animator * Prasanna Kumar Patasani (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 (AKA Dr. P. K. Ray, 18491932), Indian educationist * Prasanna Shamal Senarath (born before 1991), Sri Lankan politician * Prasanna Kumar Tagore (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 (active 198198), Sri Lankan soldier

Places and buildings

* Prasanna Venkatachalapathi Temple, Thuraiyur, a Hindu temple in Tiruchirappalli district, India * Prasanna Venkatachalapathy Temple, a Hindu temple near Trichy in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu * Prasanna Venkatesa Perumal Temple, Saidapet, a Hindu temple in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu * Prasanna Venkatesa Perumal Temple, Thanjavur, a Hindu temple in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu *

Prasanna Venkateswara Puram PV Puram, also known as Prasanna Venkateswara Puram is a village located in Tirupati district, Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area cov ...

, a village in Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh, India * Prasanna Yoga Anjaneyar Temple, a Hindu temple in Chennai, India

Other uses

* ''Prasanna'' (film), a 1950 Indian film in Malayalam *

Sree Lakshmi Prasanna Pictures Sree Lakshmi Prasanna Pictures is an Indian film production company established by Manchu Mohan Babu on the name of his daughter Manchu Lakshmi Prasanna, in 1982. The company is based in Hyderabad. The first movie was ''Pratigna'' which succ ...