Satyamurthy (; ), also variously romanized as Satyamoorthy, Satyamurthi, Satyamurti, Sathyamurthy and other variants, is a
Tamil
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 Ind ...
and
Telugu
Telugu may refer to:
* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of South India
** Telugu literature, is the body of works written in the Telugu language.
* Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Tel ...
masculine given name and surname, meaning "manifestation of the
Truth
Truth or verity is the Property (philosophy), property of being in accord with fact or reality.Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionarytruth, 2005 In everyday language, it is typically ascribed to things that aim to represent reality or otherwise cor ...
" (compare ''
murti
In the Hinduism, Hindu tradition, a ''murti'' (, ) is a devotional image, such as a statue or icon, of a Hindu deities, deity or Hindu saints, saint used during ''Puja (Hinduism), puja'' and/or in other customary forms of actively expressing d ...
'').
Notable people with the name include:
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Carole Satyamurti (1939–2019), British poet, sociologist and translator
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Gorti Satyamurthy (1954–2015), Indian screenwriter
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Immaneni Sathyamurthy
Immaneni Sathyamurthy is an Indian cardiologist and the director of the department of cardiology at Apollo Hospitals, Chennai. A former member of faculty at the Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore, he is known to be a specialist in i ...
, Indian cardiologist
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Narayanasami Sathyamurthy (born 1951), Indian chemist
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Sundara Sastri Satyamurti (1887–1943), Indian independence activist and politician
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S. Thomas Satyamurthi (1922–?), Indian zoologist and museum director
See also
* ''
S/O Satyamurthy'', a 2015 Indian film
**
''S/O Satyamurthy'' (soundtrack)
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Poondi reservoir
''Sathyamoorthy Saagar'', also known as Poondy Reservoir, is the reservoir constructed across Kosasthalaiyar River, ''Kotralai'' (alias) ''Kosasthalai'' River in Tiruvallur district of Tamil Nadu state in India. It acts as the important drinking ...
, named after S. Satyamurti
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