Arunachalam (name)

Arunachalam
அருணாசலம்Pronunciation| Aruṇācalam

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Gender| Male
Language(s)| Tamil
Origin
Region of origin| Southern India
North-eastern Sri Lanka
Other names
Alternative spelling| Arunasalam

Arunachalam (Tamil: அருணாசலம், romanized: Aruṇācalam) or Arunachala (Tamil: அருணாசல, romanized: Aruṇācala) is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females.

## Notable people

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### Given name

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Arunachalam or Arunasalam

* A. Arunachalam, Indian politician
* M. Arunachalam (born 1949), Hong Kong based businessman
* M. Arunachalam (1944–2004), Indian politician
* P. Arunachalam (1853–1924), Ceylonese civil servant and statesman
* Panchu Arunachalam (1941–2016), Indian writer, director, producer and lyricist
* Pon Arunachalam (born 1946), Indian writer
* R. Arunachalam, Indian politician
* Subbiah Arunachalam (born 1941), Indian information consultant
* Subbu Panchu Arunachalam (born 1969), Indian actor and film producer
* V. Arunachalam (1933–2004), Indian politician, activist, and writer
* V. S. Arunachalam, Indian politician
* V. S. R. Arunachalam, Indian scientist

### Surname

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Arunachala

* Arunachala Kavi (1711–1779), Indian poet and a composer
* Arunachala Sreenivasan (1909–1996), Indian nutritional scientist
* Arunachala Thevar, Indian politician
* Lalpet Arunachala Govindaraghava Aiyar (1867–1935), Indian lawyer, theosophist, independence activist and politician

Arunachalam or Arunasalam

* Arunchalam Aravind Kumar (born 1954), Sri Lankan trade unionist and politician
* Arunasalam Kumarathurai (1939–2019), Sri Lankan founder of Kumarapuram
* Arunachalam Mahadeva (1885–1969), Ceylonese lawyer and politician
* Arunasalam Murugadoss (born 1974), Indian film director, producer, and screenwriter
* Arunachalam Muruganantham (born 1962), Indian social entrepreneur
* Arunasalam Namathevan (born 1996), Malaysian footballer
* Arunachalam Ponnambalam (1814–1887), Ceylonese government functionary, businessmen and philanthropist
* Arunachalam Sabapathy (1853–1924), Ceylonese newspaper editor and politician
* Arunasalam Thangathurai (1936–1997), Sri Lankan lawyer and politician
* Jaya Arunachalam (1935–2019), Indian social worker

## See also

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* All pages with titles containing Arunachala
* All pages with titles containing Arunachalam
* All pages with titles containing Arunasalam

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