Subramaniam, Subrahmanyam, Subramanyam or Subramanian ( ta, சுப்பிரமணியம்; te, సుబ్రహ్మణ్యం) is a
South India
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given name
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Sanskrit
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; however, a common translation is "dear to Brahamam", or "of good deeds". An alternative proposed translation is derived from merging two common Sanskrit words ''supri-ya'' ( सु), meaning "good" or "dear," and ''man-ya'', meaning jewel; the name translates loosely as "worthy jewel". Subramaniam is one of the many names of the
Hindu
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god Karthikeya, also known as Kumara or Murugan.
In Telugu, Subrahmanyam or Subramanyam is the transliteration of the name (closer to the Sanskrit root word).
G. Subramania Iyer
Ganapathy Dikshitar Subramania Iyer ( ta, கணபதி தீக்ஷிதர் சுப்பிரமணிய ஐயர்) (19 January 1855 – 18 April 1916) was a leading Indian journalist, social reformer and freedom fighter who f ...
(1855–1916), Indian journalist
* K. Subrahmanyam (1929–2011), Indian strategist
* K. A. Subramaniam (1931-1989), Sri Lankan politician
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Ka. Naa. Subramanyam
Ka. Naa. Subramanyam (31 January 1912 – 18 December 1988) was a Tamil writer and critic from Tamil Nadu, India. He is also popularly known by his Tamil initials as Ka. Naa. Su.
Biography
Subramanian was born on 31 January 1912 in Valang ...
(1912–1988), Indian author
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K. G. Subramanyan
Kalpathi Ganpathi "K.G." Subramanyan (1924 29 June 2016) was an Indian artist. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 2012.
Life
Subramanyan was born in Tamil Brahmin family on 1924 in Kuthuparamba in Kerala, India, and initially studied econ ...
M. M. Subramaniam
Mylvaganam Mudaliyar Subramaniam ( ta, மயில்வாகனம் முதலியார் சுப்பிரமணியம், translit=Mayilvākaṉam Mutaliyār Cuppiramaṇiyam; c. 1870 – 1945) was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer, poli ...
(c. 1870–1945), Ceylonese politician
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M.P.Subramaniam
M. P. Subramaniam was an Indian politician from Tamil Nadu who joined the Indian National Congress.
Subramaniam was a member of the Tamil Nadu Assembly, representing Attur constituency in Salem district for two terms. He was first elected as a ...
, Indian politician
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Mas Subramanian
Mas Subramanian, (born 1954), is a solid-state materials scientist at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon. He is a University Distinguished Professor and the Milton Harris Chair of Materials Science in the university's Department of ...
, Indian chemist
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Mukkur N. Subramanian
Mukkur N. Subramanian is an Indian politician and was a member of the 14th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Cheyyar constituency. He represented the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) party. He was Minister for Information Tec ...
, Indian politician
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Musiri Subramania Iyer
Musiri Subramania Iyer (9 April 1899 – 25 March 1975) was a Carnatic vocalist whose stage performing career spanned the 1920s to the 1940s. After retirement from the stage, he remained an iconic figure in Carnatic music as a dedicated teache ...
Olappamanna Subramanian Namboothirippad
Olappamanna Mana Subramanian Namboothirippad (January 10, 1923 – April 10, 2000), better identified by his family name, Olappamanna , was an Indian poet of Malayalam literature. A former chairman of Kerala Kalamandalam and an author of 20 bo ...
, Malayalam poet
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P. Subramaniam
P. Subramaniam (19 February 1910 – 4 October 1979) was an Indian film producer, film director, distributor, theatre owner, and mayor. He is the founder of Merryland Studio (established in 1951), the second film studio in Kerala.
From mid-19 ...
, Indian film director
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P S Subramanyam
P S Subramanyam (Prakya Sreesaila Subrahmanyam) (born in 1950, in Vijayawada, 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 covering an area ...
S. Pakkur Subramanyan
S. Pakkur Subramanyam was a Politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly (India), Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as an Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate ...
, Indian politician
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S. Subramania Iyer
Sir Subbier Subramania Iyer ( ta, சுப்பையர் சுப்பிரமணிய ஐயர்; 1 October 1842 – 5 December 1924) was an Indian lawyer, jurist and freedom fighter who, along with Annie Besant, founded the Home ...
Subramaniam Chettiar
PPR Subramaniam Chettiar (1901-1975) was an Indian journalist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist.
Early life
Chettiar was born on 21 September 1901 in Avanipatti, a village in Tamil Nadu's Sivaganga district. He was the third of five children ...
Subramaniam Siva
Subramaniam Siva is an Indian film director and actor who works in the Tamil film industry.
Early life
Subramaniam Siva was born in Tamil Nadu. Before becoming a director, he was an assistant to director V. Z. Durai.
Career Directing
Subr ...
, Indian film director,
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Subramanian (GC)
Subedar Subramanian, (18 December 1912 – 24 February 1944) was the first Indian to be awarded the George Cross.Subramaniya Siva (1884–1925), Indian writer
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Subramanya Nagarajarao
Subramanya Nagarajarao ( kan, ಸುಬ್ರಮಣ್ಯ ನಾಗರಾಜ ರಾವ್), also known as N. Subramanya, is an Indian author, researcher specialised on refugees and translator. He is currently Director of the Indian Research Inst ...
, Indian author
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T. Subramanian
T. Subramanian is an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as an All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazh ...
, Indian politician
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T. R. Subramaniam
Professor T. R. Subramaniam (20 September 1929 – 4 October 2013), popularly known as TRS, was a vocalist in the Carnatic tradition. He was popular for infusing unconventional and populistic techniques in his renditions, especially of the pall ...
(1929–2013), Indian musician
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T. S. R. Subramanian
Thirumanilaiyur Sitapati Ramana Subramanian (11 December 1938 – 26 February 2018) was an Indian bureaucrat who served as the cabinet secretary of India from August 1996 to March 1998. He was a 1961 batch Indian Administrative Service officer ...
V. N. Subramanian
V. N. Subramanian is an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as an Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (Jayalalitha) candidate from Perundurai constituency ...
, Indian politician
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Venkataraman Subramanya
Venkataraman Subramanya (born 16 July 1936) is a former Indian cricketer who played in nine Test matches from 1965 to 1968. He was an aggressive middle order batsman, who captained Mysore for some years, and a useful leg-spin bowler. He later ...
Ambi Subramaniam
''Ambi Subramaniam'' (born 5 August 1991 Los Angeles, California, United States) is a violinist, composer, and educator. He started performing on stage when he was six years old and was described as the "new king of Indian classical violin" by t ...
(born 1991), American musician
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Annapurni Subramaniam
Annapurni Subramaniam is the director of the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore and works on areas like star clusters, stellar evolution and population in galaxies and Magellanic clouds.
Education
Subramaniam finished her schooling fro ...
, Indian physicist
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Arundhathi Subramaniam
Arundhathi Subramaniam is an Indian poet and author, who has written about culture and spirituality.
Life and career
Subramaniam is a poet and writer based in Mumbai. She is the author of thirteen books of poetry and prose.
She has received ...
, Indian poet
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Arvind Subramanian
Arvind Subramanian is an Indian economist and the former Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India, having served from 16 October 2014 to 20 June 2018. Subramanian is currently a Senior Fellow at the Watson Institute for International ...
, Indian economist
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Avanidhar Subrahmanyam
Avanidhar Subrahmanyam is a professor and named chair at the University of California Los Angeles. He is an expert in stock market activity and behavioral finance, and has published a number of papers on financial markets.
Education
Subrahmanyam ...
Bindu Subramaniam
Bindu Subramaniam is an American singer/songwriter, entrepreneur, music educator, and Co-Founder and CEO of SaPa - Subramaniam Academy of Performing Arts. Bindu has been described as a "third generation prodigy" by the Hindustan Times, "a Banga ...
Chittoor Subramaniam Pillai
Chittoor Subramanyam (22 June 1898 – 18 Oct 1975) was an Indian carnatic musician.Chittur Subramanian Venkiteswaran (born 1956), Indian film critic
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Chitra Subramaniam
Chitra Subramaniam Duella is an Indian journalist. She is recognized in India for her investigation of the Bofors-India Howitzer deal (Bofors Scandal) which is widely believed to have contributed to the electoral defeat of former prime Minister ...
, Indian journalist
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Dasari Subrahmanyam
Dasari Subrahmanyam, is a Telugu writer who is known for his serialized fantastic adventure stories published in Chandamama children's magazine. His stories basically featured fantasies based in backdrop of ancient and/or medieval India, as a ...
(born 1932), Indian author
* Dharmavarapu Subramanyam (1963–2013), Indian film actor and director
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Gopal Subramaniam
Gopal Subramanium (born ) is an Indian lawyer, international arbitrator, academic and Senior Advocate who practices primarily in the Supreme Court of India and the Delhi High Court. He served as the Solicitor General of India 2009–2011 and ...
, Indian lawyer
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Kavita Subramaniam
Sharada Krishnamurthy, popularly known as Kavita Krishnamurthy or Kavita Subramaniam, is an Indian playback and classical singer. She has recorded 50,000 songs in 45 various Indian languages including Hindi, Bengali, Kannada, Rajasthani, Bhoj ...
, Indian film playback singer
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Krishna Subramanian
Krishna Subramanian is a serial tech entrepreneur, angel investor and commentator on mobile advertising. He is best known for a being a founding employee of BlueLithium, one of the largest online ad network acquired by Yahoo in 2007 for $300 mill ...
Mani Subramanian
Mani Subramanian was the chairman of Keane International, Inc.
Education
Mani holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai and a post-graduate diploma in business administration (PGDBA) ...
, Indian businessman
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Marti G. Subrahmanyam
Marti G. Subrahmanyam is the Charles E. Merrill Professor of Finance at the Stern School of Business at New York University. He also teaches for the Master of Science in Global Finance (MSGF), which is a joint program between Stern and the Hon ...
, Indian academic
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Namini Subrahmanyam Naidu
Namini Subrahmanyam Naidu is a famous Telugu writer from Chittoor district of Andhra pradesh, India. His stories have received wide acclaim owing to the depiction of his life experiences as stories in Rayalaseema dialect. His stories have first b ...
, Indian author
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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'' (201 ...
, Indian cinematographer
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Padma Subrahmanyam
Padma Subrahmanyam (born 4 February 1943, in Madras), is an Indian classical Bharata Natyam dancer. She is also a research scholar, choreographer, teacher, Indologist and author. She is famous in India as well as abroad; several films and docume ...
(born 1943), Indian dancer
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Padmanabhan Subramanian Poti
Padmanabhan Subramanian Poti (2 February 1923 – February 1998) was a former Chief Justice of the Kerala and Gujarat High Courts in India.
After retiring he assisted the Indian People's Tribunal on Environment and Human Rights (IPT).
Career
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(1923–1998), Indian judge
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Palani Subramaniam Pillai
Pazhani Subramania Pillai (1909–1962) was a well known Carnatic music percussionist. He, along with his contemporaries Palghat Mani Iyer and Ramanathapuram C. S. Murugabhoopathy, are revered as the "Holy Trinity of Mridanga". He was adept i ...
Ramya Subramanian
Ramya Subramanian, also known as VJ Ramya, is an Indian actress and television host, who has worked in the Tamil film industry.
Career
Ramya participated in the Miss Chennai competition in 2004. She subsequently went on to host television ...
Ravi Subramanian
Ravi Subramanian is an Indian author. A banker by profession, he has written popular thrillers about banking and bankers, including award winning trilogy ''The Incredible Banker'', ''The Bankster'' and ''Bankerupt''. An alumnus of IIM Bangal ...
, Indian author
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Samanth Subramanian Samanth Subramanian is an Indian writer and journalist based in London. He studied journalism at Penn State University and international relations at Columbia University. In 2018–19, he was a Leon Levy Fellow at the City University of New York. H ...
Sanjay Subrahmanyan
Sanjay Subrahmanyan (born 21 January 1968 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu) is a Carnatic vocalist from India. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 2015.
Biography
Sanjay Subrahmanyan was born on 21 January 1968 in Chennai ...
(born 1968), Indian musician
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Shashank Subramanyam
Shashank Subramanyam (born 14 October 1978) is a flutist from India and specializes in Indian classical music. The Govt. of France awarded the prestigious Knighthood / title of Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. He is also th ...
, Indian musician
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Shiv Kumar Subramaniam
Shiv Kumar Subramaniam (23 December 1959 – 10 April 2022) was an Indian actor and screenwriter who is known for his role as the leading industrial tycoon I. M. Virani in the Indian television serial ''Mukti Bandhan'' on Colors channel. H ...
Subramaniam Badrinath
Subramaniam Badrinath ( ta, சுப்பிரமணியம் பத்ரிநாத்; born 30 August 1980) is a former Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed middle order batsman. Badrinath has represented India in One Day Internati ...
Subramaniam Ramadorai
Subramanian Ramadorai, CBE (born 6 October 1945) was the adviser to the Prime Minister of India in the national council on skill development, Government of India. He held the rank equivalent to an Indian Cabinet Minister. He is also the chairpe ...
Subramanian Anand
Subramanian Anand (born 14 January 1986) is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and leg-break bowler who played for Badureliya Sports Club in Sri Lanka. Anand made his cricketing debut for Badureliya Sports Club in a List A match ag ...
Subramanian Swamy
Subramanian Swamy (born 15 September 1939) is an Indian politician, economist and statistician. Before joining politics, he was a professor of Mathematical Economics at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. He is known for his Hindu n ...
(born 1939), Indian politician
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Subramanyan Ramaswamy
Subrahmanyan Ramassamy (5 June 1939 – 15 May 2017) was an Indian politician who was the fourth Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Puducherry, then Pondicherry. He served 3rd Assembly from 6 March 1974 to 28 March 1974 and 4th Assembly f ...
, Indian politician
* Sunil Subramaniam (born 1967), Indian cricketer
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Tekur Subramanyam
Tekur Subramanyam () was an Indian Freedom fighter#Freedom fighter, Freedom Fighter and politician from Bellary, India. For his involvement in the Indian independence movement, Independence Movement, he was jailed several times by the British Raj ...
Vidya Subramaniam
Vidya Subramaniam ( ta, வித்யா சுப்ரமணியம், born 1957) is a Tamil author. She has been writing novels and short stories for close to three decades. Born and brought up in Mylapore, she has to her credit 100 book ...
(born 1957), Indian author
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Vidya Subramanian
Vidya Subramanian''is a Carnatic music, Carnatic style vocalist and teacher. She is Founder oVidya Subramanian Academy She is a disciple of Padmabhushan Lalgudi Sri Jayaraman. In addition to this, she is a Chartered accountant, with an MBA from ...
, Indian musician
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Vijayalakshmy Subramaniam
Vijayalakshmy Subramaniam is an Carnatic music vocalist. As a student and performer of classical music for over three decades, she has performed extensively in India and abroad since the age of twelve. She has conducted numerous workshops and ...
Subramaniya Swamy
''Subramaniya Swamy'' is a 1994 Tamil-language comedy film directed by Pandiarajan. The film stars himself, Urvashi and Priya Raman. The film, produced by J. V. Rakmangadan and Karumari Kandasamy, had musical score by Deva and was released ...
'', 1994 Tamil film
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Yevade Subramanyam
''Yevade Subramanyam'' () is a 2015 Indian Telugu-language coming-of-age philosophical drama film written and directed by debutant Nag Ashwin. Produced by Priyanka Dutt, and Swapna Dutt, the film stars Nani, Malavika Nair, Vijay Deverakond ...
'', 2015 Telugu film
Characters
* Caleb Subramanian, a character introduced in Season 4 of The Walking Dead.
Places
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Subramanya, Karnataka
Subramanya is a village located in Kadaba Taluk in Dakshina Kannada, India. The Kukke Subrahmanya Temple is located here. It is about from Mangalore, connected by train and road. It was originally named "Kukke Pattana".
Pilgrim centre
The v ...
, village in Karnataka
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Subramanyapuram
Subramanyapuram is a small village located near Sathan Kulam, Thoothukudi district, Tamil Nadu. It is about 4 km to the east of Sathan Kulam towards Thattar Madam.
References
Villages in Thoothukudi district
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Madurai
Madurai ( , also , ) is a major city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the cultural capital of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Madurai District. As of the 2011 census, it was the third largest Urban agglomeration in ...
Kukke Subramanya Temple
Kukke Subramanya (IAST: ''Kukke Subrahmaṇya'') is a Hindu temple located in the village Subramanya, of Kadaba taluk (Earlier in Sullia taluk) in Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka, India. In this temple Kartikeya is worshipped as Subrama ...