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Yogeswaran
Yogeswaran is a Tamil given name and surname, a variant of Yogeshwara. Notable people with the name include: *Manickam Yogeswaran (born 1959), Sri Lankan Tamil musician *Sarojini Yogeswaran Sarojini Yogeswaran (née Ponnambalam; died in 1998) was the first female mayor of Jaffna, a city in northern Sri Lanka. She served from 1997 until her assassination. Yogeswaran was a member of the Tamil United Liberation Front and was the first ..., Sri Lankan politician * S. Yogeswaran, Sri Lankan Tamil politician * V. Yogeswaran (1934–1989), Sri Lankan Tamil politician {{given name, type = both Tamil masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarojini Yogeswaran
Sarojini Yogeswaran (née Ponnambalam; died in 1998) was the first female mayor of Jaffna, a city in northern Sri Lanka. She served from 1997 until her assassination. Yogeswaran was a member of the Tamil United Liberation Front and was the first elected mayor in 14 years. Death Yogeswaran was shot five times with a pistol near her Jaffna home on 17 May 1998. She died on the way to hospital. An LTTE The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE; , ; also known as the Tamil Tigers) was a Tamil militant organization, that was based in the northern and eastern Sri Lanka. The LTTE fought to create an independent Tamil state called Tamil Eelam ... front organization called the Sankiliyan Force claimed responsibility. Further reading * * References External links Amnesty International statement 1998 deaths Assassinated mayors Deaths by firearm in Sri Lanka Mayors of Jaffna People killed during the Sri Lankan civil war Sri Lankan Hindus Tamil politicians Sri Lanka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manickam Yogeswaran
Maanikkam Yogeswaran is a Sri Lankan Tamil musician and exponent of Carnatic music. He was born 1959 in Meesalai, Sri Lanka, where he attended Jaffna Hindu College before moving to London. He currently lives in Berlin and is co-artistic director of the Global Music Academy. As a classical singer of Carnatic music, he trained under S. Balasingam and P. Muthukumaraswamy Sarma. His guru was T. V. Gopalakrishnan He has contributed to film scores and dance and theatre companies in and outside the United Kingdom and performed with European classical orchestras. He performed at BBC Proms, the Royal Albert Hall with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Glastonbury, Arts and ideas Festival, Spitalfields, Womad and with Jocelyn Pook for the Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee. Besides being a member of the London-based band ''The Shout'', he has performed with the German world music band ''Dissidenten''. As part of the AIUME educational project, he has brought ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yogeshwar (name)
Yogeshwar is an Indian masculine given name. The Sanskrit word ' is a compound of ' and '. It has the meanings "master in magical arts", "master in yoga", "deity", and has been used as an epithet for Krishna, Vetala, Yajnavalkya, and others. A South Indian analogue of this name is Yogeswaran. Notable people * C. P. Yogeshwar (born 1962), Indian politician from Karnataka * Ranga Yogeshwar (born 1959), Luxembourgish physicist and science journalist * Yogeshwar Dayal (1930–1994), Indian judge * Yogeshwar Dutt Yogeshwar Dutt (born 2 November 1982) is an Indian freestyle wrestler. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the 60 kg category. He was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2013. He won gold medals at ... (born 1982), Indian freestyle wrestler * Yogeshwar Prasad Yogesh (?–2007), Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh/Uttarakhand * Yogeshwar Raj Singh (born 1967), scion of Kawardha Raj family References {{given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamil Masculine Given Names
Tamil may refer to: People, culture and language * Tamils, an ethno-linguistic group native to India, Sri Lanka, and some other parts of Asia **Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka ** Myanmar or Burmese Tamils, Tamil people of Indian origin settled in Burma/Myanmar primarily during the British period **Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people of Indian origin settled to Malaysia ** Singapore Tamils, Tamil people of Indian origin settled in Singapore **Tamil diaspora, descendants of Tamil immigrants living outside of India and Sri Lanka * Tamil language, the native language of the Tamils * Tamiloid languages, Dravidian languages related to Tamil, spoken in India * Tamil script, the writing system of the Tamil language **Tamil (Unicode block), a block of Tamil characters in Unicode * Tamil dialects, referencing geographical variations in speech * Tamil culture, culture of the Tamil people * Tamil cuisine, cuisine of the Tamil people * Tamil cinema (other) **Tamil cinem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
