Nilkanth Shiva (; , ), also known as Mahadeva (; , , Help:IPA/Sanskrit, ɐɦaːd̪eːʋɐh and Hara, is one of the Hindu deities, principal deities of Hinduism. He is the God in Hinduism, Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions w ...

, Neelkanth, or Nīlakaṇtha () is another name or characteristic of the Hindu deity

Shiva Shiva (; , ), also known as Mahadeva (; , , Help:IPA/Sanskrit, ɐɦaːd̪eːʋɐh and Hara, is one of the Hindu deities, principal deities of Hinduism. He is the God in Hinduism, Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions w ...

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People

Mahipatram Rupram Nilkanth Mahipatram Rupram Nilkanth was a Gujarati educationist, reformer, novelist and biographer from 19th century India. Life He was born in Surat on 3 December 1829 to Vadnagara Nagar Brahmin family of Rupram Nilkanth and Girijagauri. He lost his m ...

, Gujarati educationist, reformer, novelist and biographer *

Neelakantha Chaturdhara Neelakantha Chaturdhara (, IAST: ''Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara'') (also referred as Neelakantha Chaturdhar) was a scholar who lived in Varanasi in the later half of the 17th century, famous for his commentary on the Mahabharata. References Fur ...

, seventeenth-century commentator on the ''Mahābhārata'' * Neelkanth Ganjoo, judge in the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, India *

Neelkanth Tiwari Dr. Neelkanth Tiwari (born 20 July 1971) is an Indian politician and Minister of State in Government of Uttar Pradesh in Yogi Adityanath ministry (2017–), Yogi Adityanath ministry. He is member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly representin ...

, Minister of State in Government of Uttar Pradesh in Yogi Adityanath ministry *

Nilakantha Daivajna Nila-kantha (IAST: Nīlakaṇṭha) was a 16th-century astrologer and astronomer ('' jyotishi'' or ''daivajña'') and Sanskrit writer from the Mughal Empire of present-day India. He was a royal astrologer to emperor Akbar, and contributed to ''T ...

, 16th-century astronomer-astrologer *

Nilakantha Somayaji Keļallur Nīlakaṇṭha Somayāji (14 June 1444 – 1544), also referred to as Keļallur Comatiri, was a mathematician and astronomer of the Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics. One of his most influential works was the comprehens ...

, mathematician of the Kerala school *

Nilkanth Singh Munda Nilkanth Singh Munda (born 1968) is an Indian political leader and a 5th term MLA from Khunti constituency. He was a Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Rural Development in the Government of Jharkhand. He is one of the chief Bharatiya Janat ...

, member of the Legislative Assembly of India from Khunti constituency * Ramanbhai Nilkanth, Gujarati writer *

Swaminarayan Swaminarayan (IAST: '; 3 April 1781 – 1 June 1830), also known as Sahajanand Swami, was a yogi and Asceticism, ascetic believed by followers to be a manifestation of Krishna or the highest Theophany, manifestation of Purushottama, around wh ...

, known as Nilkanth Varni during his teenage years and founder of the Swaminarayan Sampradaya religious movement *

Vidyagauri Nilkanth Vidyagauri Nilkanth (1876-1958) was an Indian social reformer, educationist, and writer. She was also one of the first two women graduates in Gujarat. Early life Vidyagauri Nilkanth was born on 1 June 1876 in Ahmedabad. She was the daughter o ...

, Gujarati social reformer, educationist, and writer

Animals

Indian roller The Indian roller (''Coracias benghalensis'') is a bird of the family Coraciidae. It is long with a wingspan of and weighs . The face and throat are pinkish, the head and back are brown, with blue on the rump and contrasting light and dark bl ...

, a bird of the family ''Coraciidae'', known as ''nilkanth'' in Hindustani * ''Nilakantha'' (spider), a genus of jumping spiders

Places

Nilkantha (mountain) Nilkantha (or Neelakant, Neelkanth, Nilkanth, Nilkanta) is a major peak of the Garhwal division of the Himalayas, in the Uttarakhand region of the Indian state of Uttarakhand Uttarakhand (, ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; List of renamed ...

, a peak of the Garhwal division of the Himalayas, in Uttarakhand, India *

Nilkantha, Nepal Nilkantha or Neelkantha is one of two Municipalities in the Dhading District of the Bagmati Province of central Nepal. The municipality is located around the center of the district and holds the majority of the population and facilities of the enti ...

, in Dhading District, Bagmati Province

Other uses

Nilakanta (Hinduism) Nilakanta () is one of the epithets of the Hindu deity Shiva. Legend According to Hindu mythology, Shiva gained this epithet when he consumed the kalakuta (poison) that emerged from Samudra Manthana, which rendered his throat blue. See also *R ...

, the specific epithet used by Shiva * ''Neelkanth'' (film), a 2012 Indian Gujarati film * Nīlakantha dhāranī, a Mahayana Buddhist mantra