Venkata or Venkat may refer to:
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Venkata (hill)
The Venkata hill (853 m) is part of the Seshachalam Hills, located in the Tirupati district of Andhra Pradesh, India. Also known as Venkatadri or Venkatachalam, it is one of the seven peaks of the Tirumala Hill located in the temple town of Ti ...
or Venkatadri, one of the seven sacred peaks of Tirumala hill in Andhra Pradesh, India
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Venkateswara
Venkateswara, also known by various other names, is a form of the Hindu god Vishnu. Venkateswara is the presiding deity of the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple, located in Tirupati, Sri Balaji District, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Etymology
Venkates ...
("the Lord of Venkata"), a form of the Hindu god Vishnu
Places in India
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Venkatagiri
Venkatagiri is a town in Tirupati district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipality and mandals headquarters of Venkatagiri mandal. Venkatagiri's old name is "Kali Mili". It is famous for its Handloom Cotton Sarees. Venkatagi ...
, Nellore district, Andhra Pradesh
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Venkatapuram, Khammam, a mandal in Khammam district, Telangana
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Venkatapuram, Krishna, a village in Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh
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Venkatapuram, Kurnool, a village in Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh
People
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Venkata I (died 1542), king of the Vijayanagara Empire, South India
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Venkata II
Venkatapati Raya (or Venkata II, r. 1585–1614 CE) was the younger brother of Sriranga Deva Raya (also the youngest son of Tirumala Deva Raya ) and the ruler of Vijayanagara Empire with bases in Penukonda, Chandragiri and Vellore. His rei ...
(reign 1585–1614 CE), king of the Vijayanagara Empire, South India
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Venkata III (reign 1632–1642), king of the Vijayanagara Empire, South India
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C. V. Raman
Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (; 7 November 188821 November 1970) was an Indian physicist known for his work in the field of light scattering.
Using a spectrograph that he developed, he and his student K. S. Krishnan discovered that when ...
(18881970), Indian physicist, 1930 Nobel Prize for Physics
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P. A. Venkatachalam, Indian biomedical engineer
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R. R. Venkat (fl. 2004–2013), Indian film producer
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C. S. Venkatakrishnan, American banker, CEO of Barclays
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Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan (born 1945), Indian cricketer
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T. N. Venkataramana (born 1958), Indian mathematician
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Suresh Venkatasubramanian, Indian-American computer scientist
See also
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Venkatesh, given name and family name
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Venkataraghavan (disambiguation)
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Venkataraman (disambiguation)
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Venkata Rao (disambiguation), multiple people
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