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== Actors == |
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* [[Vasundhara Das]] (b. 1977) – Indian actress and singer<ref>{{cite web |title=Sify Movies – Vasundhara Das Interview |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/malayalam/interview.php?id=6005413&cid=2408 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151209174330/http://www.sify.com/movies/malayalam/interview.php?id=6005413&cid=2408 |archive-date=9 December 2015 |accessdate=3 January 2013 |website=[[Sify]] |quote=I’m a Tamil [[Hebbar Iyengar|Hebbar]] girl}}</ref> |
* [[Vasundhara Das]] (b. 1977) – Indian actress and singer<ref>{{cite web |title=Sify Movies – Vasundhara Das Interview |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/malayalam/interview.php?id=6005413&cid=2408 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151209174330/http://www.sify.com/movies/malayalam/interview.php?id=6005413&cid=2408 |archive-date=9 December 2015 |accessdate=3 January 2013 |website=[[Sify]] |quote=I’m a Tamil [[Hebbar Iyengar|Hebbar]] girl}}</ref> |
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* [[Akshara Haasan]] (b. 1991) - Indian actress |
* [[Akshara Haasan]] (b. 1991) - Indian actress |
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* [[Kalyan Kumar]](1928-1999)- Indian actor |
* [[Kalyan Kumar]](1928-1999)- Indian actor |
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* [[R. Madhavan]] (b. 1970)- Indian actor |
* [[R. Madhavan]] (b. 1970)- Indian actor |
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* [[Hema Malini]] (b. 1948) – Indian actress and Bharathnatyam exponent<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8L8aAQAAIAAJ&q=iyengar |title=India Today International |publisher=Living Media International Limited |year=2004 |page=23<br> Hema Malini self identifies her Iyengar Brahmin ancestry, says "''I'm a pukka Iyengar Brahmin...''"}}</ref> |
* [[Hema Malini]] (b. 1948) – Indian actress and Bharathnatyam exponent<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8L8aAQAAIAAJ&q=iyengar |title=India Today International |publisher=Living Media International Limited |year=2004 |page=23<br> Hema Malini self identifies her Iyengar Brahmin ancestry, says "''I'm a pukka Iyengar Brahmin...''"}}</ref> |
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* [[Suhasini Maniratnam]] (b. 1961) - Indian actress |
* [[Suhasini Maniratnam]] (b. 1961) - Indian actress |
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* [[T. G. Raghavachari]] - Filmmaker |
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* [[Vyjayanthimala]] (b. 1936) - Indian actress |
* [[Vyjayanthimala]] (b. 1936) - Indian actress |
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== Politicians and bureaucrats == |
== Politicians and bureaucrats == |
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* [[J. Jayalalithaa]] (1948 - 2016) – Indian actress and politician, former [[List of chief ministers of Tamil Nadu|Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Simi Garewal – Jayalalithaa interview |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2016/dec/06/i-dont-think-anyone-has-taken-more-criticism-than-i-have-jaya-told-simi-garewal-1546016.html |publisher=newindianexpress.com}}</ref> |
* [[J. Jayalalithaa]] (1948 - 2016) – Indian actress and politician, former [[List of chief ministers of Tamil Nadu|Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Simi Garewal – Jayalalithaa interview |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2016/dec/06/i-dont-think-anyone-has-taken-more-criticism-than-i-have-jaya-told-simi-garewal-1546016.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161206151636/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2016/dec/06/i-dont-think-anyone-has-taken-more-criticism-than-i-have-jaya-told-simi-garewal-1546016.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 December 2016 |publisher=newindianexpress.com}}</ref> |
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* [[C. Rajagopalachari]] - The last governor general of India |
* [[C. Rajagopalachari]] - The last governor general of India & Chief Minister of Madras |
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* [[Raghuram Rajan]] - 23rd Governor of the [[Reserve Bank of India]] |
* [[Raghuram Rajan]] - 23rd Governor of the [[Reserve Bank of India]] |
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* [[C. Rangarajan]] - 19th Governor of the [[Reserve Bank of India]] |
* [[C. Rangarajan]] - 19th Governor of the [[Reserve Bank of India]] |
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* [[Srinivas Varadachariar]] - 1st Indian Chief Justice of [[Federal Court of India]] |
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* [[H. V. R. Iengar]] - 6th Governor of the [[Reserve Bank of India]] |
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* [[C. V. Rungacharlu]], the 14th [[diwan of Mysore]] |
* [[C. V. Rungacharlu]], the 14th [[diwan of Mysore]] |
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* [[M. A. Ayyangar]] (1891 - 1978) - 1st [[Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha]], 2nd [[Speaker of the Lok Sabha]], 5th [[Governor of Bihar]] |
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* [[N. Gopalaswami]], 10th [[Chief Election Commissioner of India]] |
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* [[K. Santhanam]], 1st [[Minister of Railways (India)|Minister of Railways]] (Minister of State) |
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* [[T. T. Krishnamachari]] - 4th [[Minister of Finance (India)|Minister of Finance]] |
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* [[N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar]] - 2nd [[Minister of Defence (India)|Minister of Defence]] |
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* [[Mohan Parasaran]] - 22nd [[Solicitor General of India]] |
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* [[Madhavachari Srinivasan]] - Judge of [[Supreme Court of India]] |
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* [[Nirmala Sitharaman]] - Current Finance Minister of India, Bharatiya Janata party.<ref>{{cite news |date=21 July 2014 |title=A power couple whom AP looks up to | Hyderabad News - Times of India |website=[[The Times of India]] |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/a-power-couple-whom-ap-looks-up-to/articleshow/38766320.cms}}</ref> |
* [[Nirmala Sitharaman]] - Current Finance Minister of India, Bharatiya Janata party.<ref>{{cite news |date=21 July 2014 |title=A power couple whom AP looks up to | Hyderabad News - Times of India |website=[[The Times of India]] |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/a-power-couple-whom-ap-looks-up-to/articleshow/38766320.cms}}</ref> |
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* [[C. Vijayaraghavachariar]] – President, Indian National Congress.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ramaswami |title=C Vijayaraghavachariar, (1852–1944), President-Nagpur, 1920 |url=http://www.congresssandesh.com/AICC/history/presidents/c_vijayaraghavachariar.htm |accessdate=26 December 2012 |publisher=Congress Sandesh}}</ref> |
* [[C. Vijayaraghavachariar]] – President, Indian National Congress.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ramaswami |title=C Vijayaraghavachariar, (1852–1944), President-Nagpur, 1920 |url=http://www.congresssandesh.com/AICC/history/presidents/c_vijayaraghavachariar.htm |accessdate=26 December 2012 |publisher=Congress Sandesh}}</ref> |
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* [[Gopalaswami Parthasarathy (diplomat)]] - 7th [[Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations]] |
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* [[E. S. L. Narasimhan]] - 1st [[Governor of Telangana]] |
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* [[K. Parasaran]] - 6th [[Attorney-General for India]] |
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== Musicians == |
== Musicians == |
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* [[Doreswamy Iyengar]] - Indian Carnatic Vainika |
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* [[N. Ravikiran]] - [[Gottuvadhyam]] Musician and Proposer of [[Melharmony]] |
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* [[T. M. Krishna]] - Indian Carnatic vocalist |
* [[T. M. Krishna]] - Indian Carnatic vocalist |
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* [[Latha Rajinikanth]] - Film producer and playback singer |
* [[Latha Rajinikanth]] - Film producer and playback singer |
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* [[Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar]] - Indian Carnatic vocalist and [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] and [[Padma Bhushan]] recipient |
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* [[Narayan Iyengar]] - [[Gottuvadhyam]] Musician |
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* [[Anirudh Ravichander]] - Film music composer |
* [[Anirudh Ravichander]] - Film music composer |
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* [[T. N. Seshagopalan]] - Harikatha Exponent |
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* [[Tiger Varadachariar]] - Indian Carnatic Vocalist |
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* [[Chitravina Narasimhan]] - [[Gottuvadhyam]] Musician |
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* [[P. T. Narasimhachar]] - [[Padma Shri]] Awardee, Playwright and Kannada [[Modern Kannada literature#Navodaya|Navodaya]] poet |
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== Scholars == |
== Scholars == |
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* [[Tirumalai Krishnamacharya]] (1888 - 1989) - Yoga teacher, often referred to as the "Father of modern Yoga" |
* [[Tirumalai Krishnamacharya]] (1888 - 1989) - Yoga teacher, often referred to as the "Father of modern Yoga" |
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* [[Indira Parthasarathy]] (b 1930) - writer, playwright, scholar |
* [[Indira Parthasarathy]] (b 1930) - writer, playwright, scholar |
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* [[Raghavan Varadarajan]] - Indian biophysicist and a professor at the [[Indian Institute of Science]] |
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* [[Veeravalli S. Varadarajan]] - [[Onsager Medal]] Awardee and Professor of Mathematics at [[University of California, Los Angeles]] |
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* [[S. Ramanan]] - Indian Mathematician and [[List of TWAS Prize recipients|TWAS Prize in Mathematics]] and [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]] Awardee |
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* [[M. S. Narasimhan]] - [[Padma Bhushan]], [[Ordre national du Mérite]], [[King Faisal International Prize for Science]] Awardee. Pioneer in the study of [[Moduli space|moduli spaces]] of [[Holomorphic vector bundle|holomorphic vector bundles]] on [[Projective variety|projective varieties]] |
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* [[Usha Vijayaraghavan]] - Indian microbiologist |
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* [[C. S. Seshadri]] - Founder of [[Chennai Mathematical Institute]] |
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* [[Srinivasa Ramanujan]] (1887 - 1920) - mathematician who made significant contributions to mathematical analysis, infinite series, number theory, and continued fractions |
* [[Srinivasa Ramanujan]] (1887 - 1920) - mathematician who made significant contributions to mathematical analysis, infinite series, number theory, and continued fractions |
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* [[P. T. Narasimhan]] pioneers of computational chemistry in India and a professor at the [[IIT Kanpur]] |
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* [[Kavita Ramanan]] - [[Guggenheim Fellowship]] Awardee and probability theorist |
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* [[P. K. Iyengar]] - Indian nuclear physicist and former director of [[Bhabha Atomic Research Centre]] and chairman of [[Atomic Energy Commission of India]] |
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* [[T. R. Govindachari]] - natural product chemist known for studies on the synthesis of isoquinolines and phenanthridines and [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]] Awardee |
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* [[S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan]] - [[Padma Vibhushan]], [[Leroy P. Steele Prize]], [[Abel Prize]] and [[Birkhoff Prize]] awardee known for his contributions to probability theory. 7th Director of [[Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences]] |
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* [[Govindan Sundararajan]] - [[Padma Shri]] Awardee and Indian Materials engineer known for his contributions in the areas of Surface Engineering and Ballistics |
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* [[M. S. Raghunathan]] - [[Padma Bhushan]] Awardee and Director of National Centre for Mathematics, [[IIT Bombay]] |
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* [[Shobhana Narasimhan]] - Computational Nano scientist and [[Indian Academy of Sciences]] Fellow |
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* [[K. R. Parthasarathy (probabilist)]] - [[List of TWAS Prize recipients|TWAS Prize in Mathematics]] Awardee and pioneer of quantum stochastic calculus |
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== Sportspersons == |
== Sportspersons == |
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* [[Krishnamachari Srikkanth]] - Indian cricketer |
* [[Krishnamachari Srikkanth]] - Indian cricketer |
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* [[Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan]] - Indian cricket captain and international umpire |
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== References == |
== References == |
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Latest revision as of 13:01, 29 June 2024
Iyengars are an ethnoreligious group with origins in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
Actors
[edit]- Vasundhara Das (b. 1977) – Indian actress and singer[1]
- Akshara Haasan (b. 1991) - Indian actress
- Charu Haasan (b. 1931) - Indian actor
- Kamal Haasan (b. 1954) Indian actor[2]
- Shruti Haasan (b. 1986) - Indian actress
- Anu Hasan (b. 1970) - Indian actress and talk show host
- Amrutha Iyengar (b. 1996) - Indian actress
- Kalyan Kumar(1928-1999)- Indian actor
- R. Madhavan (b. 1970)- Indian actor
- Y. G. Mahendran (b.1950)-Tamil film actor
- Hema Malini (b. 1948) – Indian actress and Bharathnatyam exponent[3]
- Suhasini Maniratnam (b. 1961) - Indian actress
- T. G. Raghavachari - Filmmaker
- Major Sundarrajan (b.1931)-Tamil film actor
- Vyjayanthimala (b. 1936) - Indian actress
Politicians and bureaucrats
[edit]- J. Jayalalithaa (1948 - 2016) – Indian actress and politician, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu[4]
- C. Rajagopalachari - The last governor general of India & Chief Minister of Madras
- Raghuram Rajan - 23rd Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
- C. Rangarajan - 19th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
- Srinivas Varadachariar - 1st Indian Chief Justice of Federal Court of India
- H. V. R. Iengar - 6th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
- C. V. Rungacharlu, the 14th diwan of Mysore
- M. A. Ayyangar (1891 - 1978) - 1st Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha, 2nd Speaker of the Lok Sabha, 5th Governor of Bihar
- N. Gopalaswami, 10th Chief Election Commissioner of India
- K. Santhanam, 1st Minister of Railways (Minister of State)
- T. T. Krishnamachari - 4th Minister of Finance
- N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar - 2nd Minister of Defence
- Mohan Parasaran - 22nd Solicitor General of India
- Madhavachari Srinivasan - Judge of Supreme Court of India
- Nirmala Sitharaman - Current Finance Minister of India, Bharatiya Janata party.[5]
- C. Vijayaraghavachariar – President, Indian National Congress.[6]
- Gopalaswami Parthasarathy (diplomat) - 7th Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations
- E. S. L. Narasimhan - 1st Governor of Telangana
- K. Parasaran - 6th Attorney-General for India
Musiker
[edit]- Doreswamy Iyengar - Indian Carnatic Vainika
- N. Ravikiran - Gottuvadhyam Musician and Proposer of Melharmony
- T. M. Krishna - Indian Carnatic vocalist
- Latha Rajinikanth - Film producer and playback singer
- Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar - Indian Carnatic vocalist and Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and Padma Bhushan recipient
- Narayan Iyengar - Gottuvadhyam Musician
- Anirudh Ravichander - Film music composer
- T. N. Seshagopalan - Harikatha Exponent
- Tiger Varadachariar - Indian Carnatic Vocalist
- Chitravina Narasimhan - Gottuvadhyam Musician
- P. T. Narasimhachar - Padma Shri Awardee, Playwright and Kannada Navodaya poet
Scholars
[edit]- B. K. S. Iyengar (1918 - 2014) - Founder of Iyengar Yoga
- Tirumalai Krishnamacharya (1888 - 1989) - Yoga teacher, often referred to as the "Father of modern Yoga"
- Indira Parthasarathy (b 1930) - writer, playwright, scholar
- Raghavan Varadarajan - Indian biophysicist and a professor at the Indian Institute of Science
- Veeravalli S. Varadarajan - Onsager Medal Awardee and Professor of Mathematics at University of California, Los Angeles
- S. Ramanan - Indian Mathematician and TWAS Prize in Mathematics and Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology Awardee
- M. S. Narasimhan - Padma Bhushan, Ordre national du Mérite, King Faisal International Prize for Science Awardee. Pioneer in the study of moduli spaces of holomorphic vector bundles on projective varieties
- Usha Vijayaraghavan - Indian microbiologist
- C. S. Seshadri - Founder of Chennai Mathematical Institute
- Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887 - 1920) - mathematician who made significant contributions to mathematical analysis, infinite series, number theory, and continued fractions
- P. T. Narasimhan pioneers of computational chemistry in India and a professor at the IIT Kanpur
- Kavita Ramanan - Guggenheim Fellowship Awardee and probability theorist
- P. K. Iyengar - Indian nuclear physicist and former director of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre and chairman of Atomic Energy Commission of India
- T. R. Govindachari - natural product chemist known for studies on the synthesis of isoquinolines and phenanthridines and Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology Awardee
- S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan - Padma Vibhushan, Leroy P. Steele Prize, Abel Prize and Birkhoff Prize awardee known for his contributions to probability theory. 7th Director of Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
- Govindan Sundararajan - Padma Shri Awardee and Indian Materials engineer known for his contributions in the areas of Surface Engineering and Ballistics
- M. S. Raghunathan - Padma Bhushan Awardee and Director of National Centre for Mathematics, IIT Bombay
- Shobhana Narasimhan - Computational Nano scientist and Indian Academy of Sciences Fellow
- K. R. Parthasarathy (probabilist) - TWAS Prize in Mathematics Awardee and pioneer of quantum stochastic calculus
Sportspersons
[edit]- Krishnamachari Srikkanth - Indian cricketer
- Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan - Indian cricket captain and international umpire
References
[edit]- ^ "Sify Movies – Vasundhara Das Interview". Sify. Archived from the original on 9 December 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
I'm a Tamil Hebbar girl
- ^ Gupta, Priya. "I get devastated at the idea of marriage: Shruti Haasan". Times of India. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ^ India Today International. Living Media International Limited. 2004. p. 23
Hema Malini self identifies her Iyengar Brahmin ancestry, says "I'm a pukka Iyengar Brahmin...". - ^ "Simi Garewal – Jayalalithaa interview". newindianexpress.com. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.
- ^ "A power couple whom AP looks up to | Hyderabad News - Times of India". The Times of India. 21 July 2014.
- ^ Ramaswami. "C Vijayaraghavachariar, (1852–1944), President-Nagpur, 1920". Congress Sandesh. Retrieved 26 December 2012.