Bharati or Bharathi may refer to:

Hinduism

* Bharati, an epithet of the Hindu goddess of knowledge and music

Saraswati Saraswati ( sa, सरस्वती, ) is the Hindu goddess of knowledge, music, art, speech, wisdom, and learning. She is one of the Tridevi, along with the goddesses Lakshmi and Parvati. The earliest known mention of Saraswati as a ...

* Bharati, consort of Hindu wind god,

Vayu Vayu (, sa, वायु, ), also known as Vata and Pavana, is the Hindu god of the winds as well as the divine massenger of the gods. In the '' Vedic scriptures'', Vayu is an important deity and is closely associated with Indra, the king o ...

Given name

Bharathi (Tamil actress) Bharathi is an Indian actress who has appeared in the Tamil film industry. The actress won critical acclaim for her performance as a prostitute in ''Ammuvagiya Naan'' (2007) and later appeared in other Tamil and Malayalam language films. Caree ...

(born 1987), Indian film actress * Bharathi Vishnuvardhan (born 1951), Indian actress who has performed in Tamil and Kannada languages *

Bharathiraja Bharathiraja (born 17 July 1941) is an Indian film director and actor who works mainly in the Tamil film industry. Making his debut in 1977 with ''16 Vayathinile'', he is known for realistic and sensitive portrayals of rural life in his films. ...

(born 1941), South Indian filmmaker *

Bharati Braille Bharati braille ( ), or Bharatiya Braille ( hi, भारती ब्रेल ' "Indian braille"), is a largely unified braille script for writing the languages of India. When India gained independence, eleven braille scripts were in use, in ...

, a family of braille alphabets used in South Asia

Surname

* Agehananda Bharati (1923–1991), Austrian academic and Hindu monk *

Gopalakrishna Bharati Gopalakrishna Bharathi ( ta, கோபாலகிருஷ்ண பாரதி) (1810–1896) was a Tamil poet and a composer of Carnatic music. He composed the K''athakalakshepam'' ( ta, கதாகாலக்ஷேபம் ) Nandanar Chari ...

(1811–1896), Tamil poet and composer * Prabha Bharti (died 2000s), one of the first Indian women qawaali singer (

fl. ''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicatin ...

1960s-1990s) *

Subramania Bharati C. Subramania Bharathi Birth name: C. Subramaniyan, the person's given name: Subramaniyan, father's given name: Chinnaswami. (C. Subramaniyan by the prevalent patronymic initials as prefix naming system in Tamil Nadu and it is Subramaniyan C ...

(1882–1921), Indian Nationalist poet and revolutionary, also referred to as Bharathi

Other uses

* ''Bharathi'' (1948 film), an Indian Kannada film * ''Barati'' (1954 film), 1954 Indian film * ''Bharathi'' (2000 film), a 2000 Indian Tamil-language film starring Sayaji Shinde, Devayani and Nizhalgal Ravi * Bharati (research station), Indian research station in Antarctica

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