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| pronunciation = Rāmanātaṉ<br />
| gender = Male<br />
| meaning = Lord of Rama<br />
| region = Southern India<br />North-eastern Sri Lanka<br />
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'''Ramanathan''' ({{langx|ta|ராமநாதன்}}) is a [[South India]]n male [[given name]]. Due to the [[Indian name#South Indian names|South Indian tradition]] of using [[patronymic surname]]s it may also be a [[surname]] for males and females. Ramanathan is derived from [[Rama]] (a [[Hinduism|Hindu]] god) and the [[Sanskrit]] word ''[[nath]]'', meaning "lord". The name Ramanathan is given to the Hindu god [[Shiva]] at [[Rameshwaram]], one of the southernmost towns in India. Hindus believe that Lord Rama worshipped Shiva before beginning his journey to [[Lanka]]; hence "Lord of Rama". This name is from the history of great epics.<br />
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==Notable people==<br />
===Given name===<br />
* [[Annamalai Ramanathan]] (1946–1993), Indian mathematician<br />
* [[Devakottai Ramanathan]], Indian comedian<br />
* [[G. Ramanathan]] (died 1963), Indian composer<br />
* [[K. G. Ramanathan]] (1920–1992), Indian mathematician<br />
* [[K. R. Ramanathan]] (1893–1984), Indian physicist and meteorologist<br />
* [[M. Ramanathan]], Indian politician<br />
* [[M. D. Ramanathan]] (1923–1984), Indian composer and vocalist<br />
* [[N. Ramanathan]] (born 1946), Indian musician and academic<br />
* [[P. Ramanathan (judge)|Pathmanathan Ramanathan]] (1932–2006), Sri Lankan lawyer and judge<br />
* [[Ponnambalam Ramanathan]] (1851–1930), Ceylonese politician<br />
* [[R. Ramanathan Chettiar]] (1913–1995), Indian businessman, politician and bureaucrat<br />
* [[Rama Ramanathan]] (born 1964), Indian politician<br />
* [[Ramkumar Ramanathan]] (born 1994), Indian tennis player<br />
* [[S. Kumara Kurubara Ramanathan]], Indian politician<br />
* [[S. Ramanathan (musician)|S. Ramanathan]] (1917–1988), musician<br />
* [[S. R. Nathan|Sellapan Ramanathan]] (1924–2016), Singaporean politician<br />
* [[Veerabhadran Ramanathan]], Indian climatologist<br />
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===Surname===<br />
* [[Erik Ramanathan]], American ambassador<br />
* [[Leelawathy Ramanathan]] (1870–?), Australian author and publisher<br />
* [[R. Indrarajah|Ramanathan Indrarajah]], Sri Lankan politician<br />
* [[Ramanathan Gnanadesikan]] (1932–2015), Indian statistician<br />
* [[Ramanathan Krishnan]] (born 1937), Indian tennis player<br />
* [[Ramanathan V. Guha]] (born 1965), Indian computer scientist<br />
* [[R. Sarathkumar|Ramanathan Sarathkumar]] (born 1954), Indian film actor, journalist and politician<br />
* [[Ramkumar Ramanathan]] (born 1994), Indian tennis player<br />
* [[Sharada Ramanathan]], Indian journalist<br />
* [[Mohan Ramanathan]] (born 1954), Indian Entrepreneur, Founder promoter, Advanced Construction Technologies Pvt Ltd, Chennai<br />
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==See also==<br />
* {{In title|Ramanathan}}<br />
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