Jyoti means "

divine light In theology, divine light (also called divine radiance or divine refulgence) is an aspect of divine presence perceived as light during a theophany or vision, or represented as such in allegory or metaphor. The term "light" has been widely used ...

" in many Indian languages. Jyoti and variant spellings may refer to:

Films and TV

* ''Jothi'' (1939 film), a Tamil film * ''Jyothi'' (1976 film), a Telugu film * ''Jyoti'' (1981 film), a Hindi film * ''Jyoti'' (1988 film), a Bengali film * ''Jothi'' (2022 film), a Tamil film * ''Jyoti'' (TV series), an Indian daily soap opera on Imagine TV * ''Jothi'' (TV series), a 2021 Indian supernatural fantasy thriller Tamil language television series

Hinduism

Jyoti (goddess) In modern Tamils, Tamil Shaivism, Shaiva tradition, Jyoti is sometimes considered to be the personification of the female principle, an embodied representation of the Vel, vel of Kartikeya, Murugan. Legends The goddess has two different myths b ...

, considered to be a Hindu goddess of light *

Jyotirlinga A Jyotirlinga () or Jyotirlingam, is a devotional representation of the Hindu god Shiva. The word is a Sanskrit compound of ('radiance') and ('sign'). The Śiva Mahāpurāṇam (also ''Shiva Purana'') mentions 64 original ''jyotirlinga'' s ...

, a set of consecrated Shiva lingams *

Jyotir Math Uttarāmnāya Śrī Jyotish Pītham or Jyotir Math is one amongst the four cardinal pīthams established by the 820 CE philosopher-saint Śrī Ādi Śaṅkara to preserve and propagate Sanātana Dharma and Advaita Vedānta, the doctrine of ...

, one of four major Ādi Śaṅkara schools * Jyoti Kalash, a light festival associated with Durga

Places

Jyotirmath Joshimath, also known as Jyotirmath, is a city and a municipal board in Chamoli District in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. Located at a height of 6150 feet (1875 m), it is a gateway to several Himalayan mountain climbing expeditions, tre ...

, city in Uttarakhand, India *

Jyoti Khuria Jyoti Khuria is a town and a nagar panchayat in Mainpuri district Mainpuri district is one of the districts in the Agra division of Uttar Pradesh, India. Mainpuri town is the district headquarters. It consists of six tehsils, namely Main ...

, municipality in Uttarakhand, India *

Jyothi Central High School Jyoti means "divine light" in many Indian languages. Jyoti and variant spellings may refer to: Films and TV * ''Jothi'' (1939 film), a Tamil film * ''Jyothi'' (1976 film), a Telugu film * ''Jyoti'' (1981 film), a Hindi film * ''Jyoti'' (1988 ...

, in Ekma, Chhapra, Bihar, India *

Jyothy Kendriya Vidyalaya Jyothy Kendriya Vidyalaya is a co-educational English medium school located in Yelachenahalli, Kanakapura Road, Bangalore in India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries ...

, an English medium school in Bangalore

People with the name

People in film

Jyoti Kapur Das Jyoti Kapur Das is an Indian director and scriptwriter, known for her work in Bollywood. Two of the short films that Das has written and directed have won Filmfare awards. Career Das graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India ...

, Indian director and screenwriter *

Jyoti Sarup Jyoti Sarup (born 20 August 1954 in New Delhi) is a National Award winning Indian film/serial director and producer, most known for directing the television series, ''Buniyaad'', and films like ''Chorni'' (1982) and '' Bub''(2001) . Biograph ...

(born 1954), Indian director and producer *

Jyoti Swaroop Jyoti Swaroop was an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer, who was one of the leading film directors in Hindi cinema Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry base ...

(died 1991), Indian director *

J. P. Dutta Jyoti Prakash Dutta (born 3 October 1949) is an Indian Bollywood film producer, writer and director, best known for making patriotic action war films. Personal life Dutta is married to the Bollywood film actress Bindiya Goswami with whom he ha ...

(born 1949), Indian producer, writer and director *

Jyothi (actress, born 1963) Jyothi was an Indian actress who appeared in South Indian films. She acted in over 50 films. She is known for films like Puthukavithai and Rail Payanangalil. Jyothi made a mark in acting through T.Rajendar, Vijaya T. Rajendher's Rayil Payananga ...

(1963–2007), film actress who acted in over 50 South Indian films * Jyothi (Telugu actress), Indian actress and ''Bigg Boss Telugu'' contestant *

Jyothika Jyothika Saravanan (; born 18 October 1978) is an Indian actress, model and film producer who predominantly appears in Tamil films.

(born 1977), Indian actress of predominantly Tamil films *

Jyoti Gauba Jyoti Gauba is an Indian television and film actress. She had done over 600 commercials till date and made her film debut with the film ''Idiot Box''. She was also seen in the films like ''Take It Easy'', '' Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic''. She has ...

, Indian actress *

Jyothi Lakshmi Jyothi Lakshmi (2 November 1948 – 9 August 2016) was an Indian actress who appeared in more than 130 movies. In the early 1970s, she was well noted for her leading roles and songs in movies. She also acted in female-oriented movies and was a ...

(1948–2016), Indian actress *

Jyoti Singh (actress) Jyoti Singh is a US-based actress of Indian origin. She is also the director of Yadvi - The Dignified Princess, a biopic on Maharani Yaduvanshi Kumari, the daughter of Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala. Early life Jyoti Singh lived with h ...

, US born Indian actress *

Jyotii Sethi Jyotii Sethi, is an Indian actress. She debuted in Telugu cinema with the film ''Where Is Vidya Balan'', with Prince Cecil. She first gained recognition from Punjabi music video with Gippy Grewal, and a short film with Ammy Virk Amninderpal ...

, Indian actress *

Jyoti Subhash Jyoti Subhash is an Indian actress who works in Marathi film, television and theatre industry. She is best known for her works in Marathi films like '' Valu'' (2008), ''Gabhricha Paus'' (2009) and Bollywood films like ''Phoonk'' (2008) and ''Ai ...

, Indian actress

People in sports

Jyothi Yarraji Jyothi Yarraji (born 28 August 1999) is an Indian track and field athlete who specializes in 100 metre hurdles. She holds the Indian national record for 100 m hurdles after breaking the long-standing record by Anuradha Biswal when she ran 13.2 ...

(born 1999), Indian woman hurdler *

Jyoti (wrestler) Jyoti (born 17 December 1985) is an Indian wrestler. She represented India in the women's freestyle 75 kg category at the 2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known ...

(born 1985), Indian wrestler in the -75 kg category *

Jyoti Chetty Jyoti Chetty (born January 26, 1982 in Pretoria) is a South African sabre fencer. Chetty represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed in two sabre events. For her first event, the women's individual sab ...

(born 1982), South African fencer * Jyoti Dutta (1926–2010), Indian cricketer * Jyoti Raj, Indian free solo climber *

Jyoti Randhawa Jyotinder Singh Randhawa (born 4 May 1972) is an Indian professional golfer. He plays on the Asian Tour where he won eight times between 1998 and 2009. He was ranked in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking several times between 2004 a ...

(born 1972), Indian professional golfer *

Jyoti Sunita Kullu Jyoti Sunita Kullu (born 9 September 1978 in Sundargarh, Odisha) is a female field hockey player from India, who made her international debut for her native country in 1996 in Delhi at the Indira Gandhi Gold Cup. In 2002, she became the topsc ...

(born 1978), Indian field hockey player * Jyoti Yadav (born 1983), Indian cricketer

People in music

Georgia Anne Muldrow Georgia Anne Muldrow (born 1983) is an American musician from Los Angeles, California. In 2008, she co-founded the SomeOthaShip Connect record label with fellow artist and former husband Dudley Perkins. Life and career Georgia Anne Muldrow grew ...

, American musician who occasionally goes by the stage name Jyoti *

Jyoti Ghimire Jyoti Ghimire(Nepali:ज्योती घिमिरे) is a Nepalese musician, guitarist and singer. He has over 200 recordings with various artists in 80s and 90s. He is considered as one of the musicians to shape contemporary rock and po ...

, Nepalese musician *

Jyoti Goho Jyoti Goho (born 1953) is an Indian Classical Musician from Kolkata, India. He is well known for Harmonium accompaniment. He belongs to Kirana Gharana. He is working in Indian classical music industry from last 40 years and is a Musician Faculty ...

, Indian classical musician * Jyoti Hegde, Indian classical musician *

Jyoti Nooran The Nooran Sisters are Sultana Nooran (born 14 June 1992) and Jyoti Nooran (born 24 February 1994) who are a devotional Sufi singing duo from Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India. Born to a family of Sufi musicians, they perform Sham Chaurasia gharana c ...

, one of the Nooran Sisters

People in government

* Jyoti Basu (1914–2010), male Indian politician, of Communist Party of India (Marxist) from West Bengal, India *

Jyoti Devi Jyoti Devi is an Indian politician from Bihar and a Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. Devi won the Barachatti Assembly constituency on the Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) ticket in the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election The ...

, Indian politician * Jyoti Dhurve, Indian politician *

Jyoti Kalani Jyoti Kalani, (17 February 1951 – 18 April 2021) was an Indian politician from Ulhasnagar (a suburb of Mumbai, India). She emerged on her own during the years when her husband was out of power or in prison. She became the president (mayor) ...

, Indian politician *

Jyoti Kiran Jyoti Kiran Shukla an Indian politician, economist and author. She was the first woman to be the chairperson of Rajasthan's Fifth State Finance Commission. Later she was an independent director with various corporate and PSUs. She has written b ...

(born 1968), Indian politician of the BJP party *

Jyoti Mirdha Jyoti Mirdha (born 26 July 1972) is an Indian politician. She was elected to the 15th Lok Sabha (2009-2014) from the Nagaur (Lok Sabha constituency) as a Congress party candidate. Family and early life Jyoti Mirdha Gehlaut is the daughter o ...

(born 1972), Indian politician *

Jyoti Prakash Nirala Corporal Jyoti Prakash Nirala, Ashoka Chakra (military decoration), AC (15 November 1986 - 18 November 2017) was a member of the Garud Commando Force. He was posthumously awarded the Ashoka Chakra (military decoration), Ashoka Chakra, India's high ...

(1986–2017), Indian Air Force member killed in action *

Jyoti Prasad Das Jyoti Prasad Das is an Indian politician and member of the Asom Gana Parishad. Das was member of the Assam Legislative Assembly The Assam Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Assam. It is housed in Guwah ...

, Indian politician *

Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa (born 1944) was the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh, a state in northeast India, served August 2016. A retired Indian Administrative Service officer of the 1968 batch, he ended his career as Chief Secretary of Assam. Educa ...

, Indian governor *

Jyotiraditya Scindia Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia (born 1 January 1971) is an Indian politician who serves as the Minister of Civil Aviation, a position his father also held from 1991 to 1993. He also heads the Ministry of Steel. He is a Member of Parliament i ...

, Indian politician * Jyoti Singh (judge), Delhi High Court judge *

Jothi Venkatachalam Jothi Venkatachalam (born 27 October 1917, date of death unknown) was an Indian politician who served as Governor of Kerala and Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. Life and career Jothi Venkatachalam was born in Maymyo, hill cit ...

(born 1917), female Indian politician, former Governor of Kerala, India

People in literature

Jyotirmoyee Devi Jyotirmoyee Devi ( bn, জ্যোতির্ময়ী দেবী) (1894–1988) was an Indian writer in the early twentieth century. She wrote predominantly about women in the Rajasthan of her childhood and in what is now West Bengal a ...

(1896–1988), Indian writer * Jyoti Mhapsekar (born 1950), librarian and activist *

Jyoti Prakash Dutta (writer) Jyoti Prakash Dutta is a Bangladeshi short-story writer. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2016 by the Government of Bangladesh. Career Dutta has been serving as a Professor of the Department of Economics and the dean of Social Sciences Faculty at ...

, Bangladeshi short-story writer *

Jyoti Prasad Agarwala Jyoti Prasad Agarwala (2 July 1903 – 17 January 1951) was a noted Indian playwright, songwriter, poet, writer and film maker from Assam. He was considered as Assamese cultural icon, deeply revered for his creative vision and output and is pop ...

(1903–1951), prolific author of Assamese literature

Other people

Jyotirao Phule Jyotirao Govindrao Phule, also known as Mahatma Jyotiba Phule (11 April 1827 – 28 November 1890) was an Indian social activist, thinker, anti-caste social reformer and writer from Maharashtra. His work extended to many fields, including erad ...

(1827–1890), activist and writer *

Jyoti Amge Jyoti Kishanji Amge (born 16 December 1993) is an Indian actress notable for being the world's shortest living woman according to the ''Guinness World Records''. Following Amge's 18th birthday on 16 December 2011, she was officially declared ...

(born 1993), world's smallest woman as of 2018 * Jyoti Dhawale, HIV activist * Jyotirmoy Dey (1955–2011), journalist and investigator *

Jyoti Kumari Jyoti Kumari (born ) is an Indian student from Sirhulli in the rural Darbhanga district of Bihar. She came to notice after she bicycled some with her injured father to reach their home village during COVID-19 lockdowns in India. She was given ...

(born 2005), student known for bicycling over 700 mi during COVID-19 lockdown *

Jyotiprasad Medhi Jyotiprasad Medhi was a professor of statistics at Gauhati University and Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology. Work and education Medhi started his schooling in Dibrugarh and in 1940 he passed matriculation from Dibrugarh Gov ...

(1924–2017), statistical mathematician *

Jyoti Rout Jyoti Rout (born July 15, 1965) is an Indian classical dancer, teacher and choreographer of Odissi dancing style. Early life and background Jyoti Rout grew up in the remote town of Joda in Odisha, India. Her interest in dance began in her childhoo ...

(born 1965), Indian classical dancer * Jyotiranjan Srichandan Ray (born 1970), Indian geochemist *

Jyoti Prakash Tamang Professor Dr. Jyoti Prakash Tamang (born 16 November 1961) is an Indian food microbiologist, working on fermented foods and alcoholic beverages of the Himalayan regions of India, Nepal and Bhutan and South East Asia for last 36 years and the Seni ...

(born 1961), Indian food technologist * Jyoti Singh,

2012 Delhi gang rape The 2012 Delhi gang rape and murder, commonly known as the Nirbhaya case, involved a rape and fatal assault that occurred on 16 December 2012 in Munirka, a neighbourhood in South West Delhi. The incident took place when Jyoti Singh, a 22-yea ...

murder victim

Other uses

* ''Jyothi'' (album), a 1983 album by Charlie Mariano and the Karnataka College of Percussion * ''

Andhra Jyothi ''Andhra Jyothi'' () is the third largest circulated Telugu language daily newspaper of India sold mostly in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. It was founded by K. L. N. Prasad, an Industrialist on 1 July 1960. It is also one of the ...

'', Indian newspaper *

Jothi Agaval Jothi Agaval - The Call Divine is a poem by Ramalinga Swamigal (Vallalar). Thiru Arutprakasa wrote about it in 1874. References # complete compilation of Thiruvarutpa in all six thirumurai at Annamalai University Library Vallars Recitals{dead l ...

(The Call Divine), a poem by Ramalinga Swamigal (Vallalar) * Jyoti swarupini, a Carnatic raga