Chakrapani may refer to: * Chakrapani, a name of the Hindu deity

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People with the surname

Aluri Chakrapani Aluru Venkata Subbarao (5 August 1908 – 24 September 1975), popularly known by his pen name Chakrapani, was an Indian screenwriter, film producer, studio owner, and director in Telugu cinema. He received two Filmfare Awards and was notable f ...

(1908–1975), Indian film multilingual writer, producer and director *

Chuck Chakrapani Chuck Chakrapani is a research methodologist, educator, author, expert witness, and magazine and journal editor. He is currently president of Leger Analytics, and holds several concurrent positions in different countries: Distinguished Visit ...

, Indian research methodologist, educator, and author * M. G. Chakrapani (1911–1986), Indian actor in the Tamil film industry *

Ghanta Chakrapani Prof. Ghanta Chakrapani (born 4 January 1965) is an academician, public intellectual, and the founding chairman of Telangana State Public Service Commission, a position he held from 2014 to 2020. He has also been known as a journalist, writer, p ...

(born 1965), Indian sociologist, journalist and political analyst in Telugu media

People with the given name

Chakrapani (politician) Swami Chakrapani is an Indian political activist. He is the leader of a breakaway faction of the Hindu Mahasabha and Incumbent President of Hindu Mahasabha, a long-standing Hindu nationalist organisation in India, but claims to be its overall p ...

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Chakrapani Chalise Chakrapani Chalise () was a Nepalese poet. He wrote the words of the first national anthem of Nepal in 1924 AD to the music composed by Bakhat Bahadur Budhapirthi in 1899 AD (grandfather of musician Louis Banks or Dambar Bahadur Budaprithi). The ...

(1883–1958), Nepalese poet *

Chakrapani Datta Chakrapani Datta () () was a Bengali scholar and practitioner of Ayurveda medicine. In his lifetime, Datta was renowned for his significant contributions to the Ayurveda system of medicine, primarily through his academic commentaries on the primar ...

, 11th century Bengali physician and scholar *

Chakrapani Khanal Chakrapani Khanal, also known by his code name Baldev, is a Nepalis, Nepali communist politician and the current Member of Parliament (MP) from Kapilvastu 1. His father name is Bhagirath Khanal and his mother name is Muma Devi Khanal. His childr ...

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Chakrapani Shukla Chakrapani Shukla (2 April 1916 – 1992) was an Indian politician. He was a Member of Parliament, representing Madhya Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha the upper house of India's Parliament as a member of the Indian National Congress The ...

(born 1916), Indian politician

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Chakrapani Temple, Kumbakonam Chakrapani Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to God Vishnu located in Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India. This temple is located 2 km, away towards North West from the Kumbakonam Railway Station. Vishnu appears in the form of a discus or ''Ch ...

, Tamil Nadu, India * ''Chakrapani'' (film), a 1954 Telugu-language film Indian masculine given names Masculine given names {{disambiguation, given name, surname