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Rama Rama (; , , ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the seventh and one of the most popular avatars of Vishnu. In Rama-centric Hindu traditions, he is considered the Supreme Being. Also considered as the ideal man (''maryāda' ...

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nath Natha, also called Nath (), are a Shaivism, Shaiva sub-tradition within Hinduism in India and Nepal. A medieval movement, it combined ideas from Buddhism, Shaivism, Tantra and Yoga traditions of the Indian subcontinent.

'', meaning "lord." The name Ramanathan is given to the Hindu god

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 ...

Rameshwaram Rameswaram (; also transliterated as Ramesvaram, Rameshwaram) is a municipality in the Ramanathapuram district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is on Pamban Island separated from mainland India by the Pamban channel and is about from ...

, one of the southernmost towns in India. Hindus believe that Lord Rama worshipped Shiva before beginning his journey to

Lanka Lanka (; ) is the name given in Hindu epics to the island fortress capital of the legendary Rakshasa king Ravana in the epics of the ''Ramayana'' and the ''Mahabharata''. The fortress was situated on a plateau between three mountain peaks kn ...

; hence "Lord of Rama". This name is from the history of great epics.

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Annamalai Ramanathan Annamalai Ramanathan (29 August 1946 – 12 March 1993) was an Indian mathematician in the field of algebraic geometry, who introduced the notion of Frobenius splitting of algebraic varieties jointly with Vikram Bhagvandas Mehta in . The notion ...

(1946–1993), Indian mathematician * Devakottai Ramanathan, Indian comedian *

G. Ramanathan Gopalan Ramanathan was an Indian music composer for Tamil movies. He is also known as ''Isai Methai'' (Genius of Music) or ''Sangeetha Chakravarthy'' (Emperor of Music) and is considered to be one of the influential Tamil music composers to ...

(died 1963), Indian composer * K. G. Ramanathan (1920–1992), Indian mathematician *

K. R. Ramanathan Kalpathi Ramakrishna Ramanathan (28 February 189331 December 1984) was an Indian physicist and meteorologist. He was the first director of the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad. From 1954 to 1957, Ramanathan was President of the Internat ...

(1893–1984), Indian physicist and meteorologist *

M. Ramanathan M. Ramanathan (1934/1935 – May 10, 2019) was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate from Coimbatore West ...

, Indian politician *

M. D. Ramanathan Manjapara Devesa Bhagavathar Ramanathan (20 May 1923 – 27 April 1984) was a Carnatic music composer and vocalist who created a distinctive style of singing rich in Bhava and Laya. He was considered for the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Ka ...

(1923–1984), Indian composer and vocalist *

N. Ramanathan Professor N. Ramanathan (born 1946) is a musicologist in India. He taught and guided research in the Department of Indian Music at the University of Madras since 1978, and retired in 2004. Biography He obtained a bachelor's degree in Violin (So ...

(born 1946), Indian musician and academic * Pathmanathan Ramanathan (1932–2006), Sri Lankan lawyer and judge *

Ponnambalam Ramanathan Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan, (; 16 April 1851 – 26 November 1930) was a Ceylonese lawyer and politician who served as Solicitor-General of Ceylon. Early life and family Ramanathan was born on 16 April 1851 at the home of his maternal gra ...

(1851–1930), Ceylonese politician * R. Ramanathan Chettiar (1913–1995), Indian businessman, politician and bureaucrat * Rama Ramanathan (born 1964), Indian politician *

Ramkumar Ramanathan Ramanathan Ramkumar (born 8 November 1994) is an Indian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 111 in singles by the ATP, which he achieved in July 2018, and in doubles at No. 58, achieved in August 2022. Ramkuma ...

(born 1994), Indian tennis player * S. Kumara Kurubara Ramanathan, Indian politician * S. Ramanathan (1917–1988), musician *

Sellapan Ramanathan Sellapan Ramanathan (; 3 July 1924 – 22 August 2016),. often known as S. R. Nathan, was a Singaporean statesman who served as the sixth president of Singapore between 1999 and 2011. He was the longest-serving president in the country's histor ...

(1924–2016), Singaporean politician *

Veerabhadran Ramanathan Veerabhadran "Ram" Ramanathan (born 24 November 1944) holds the title of Professor Emeritus at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego. He was Edward A. Frieman Endowed Presidential Chair in Climate Sustaina ...

, Indian climatologist

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* Erik Ramanathan, American ambassador * Leelawathy Ramanathan (1870–?), Australian author and publisher * Ramanathan Indrarajah, Sri Lankan politician * Ramanathan Gnanadesikan (1932–2015), Indian statistician *

Ramanathan Krishnan Ramanathan Krishnan (born 11 April 1937) is a retired tennis player from India who was among the world's leading players in the 1950s and 1960s. He was twice a semifinalist at Wimbledon in 1960 and 1961, reaching as high as World No. 3 in Pot ...

(born 1937), Indian tennis player * Ramanathan V. Guha (born 1965), Indian computer scientist * Ramanathan Sarathkumar (born 1954), Indian film actor, journalist and politician *

(born 1994), Indian tennis player *

Sharada Ramanathan Sharada Ramanathan is an Indian film director, cultural thinker and writer. She made her directional debut in the 2007 Tamil film ''Sringaram'' which won three National Film Awards. Her second film '' Puthiya Thiruppangal'' is awaiting release. ...

, Indian journalist * Mohan Ramanathan (born 1954), Indian Entrepreneur, Founder promoter, Advanced Construction Technologies Pvt Ltd, Chennai

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