Ramalingam Explained

Ramalingam ராமலிங்கம்
Pronunciation:	Rāmaliṅkam
Gender:	Male
Region:	Southern India North-eastern Sri Lanka
Language:	Tamil
Variant:	Ramalinga

Ramalingam (Tamil: ராமலிங்கம்) 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

Given name

• C. Ramalingam, Indian politician
• E. Ramalingam, Indian politician
• Goka Ramalingam, Indian politician
• K. P. Ramalingam, Indian politician
• K. V. Ramalingam, Indian politician
• Kudanthai N. Ramalingam (born 1944), Indian politician
• M. Ramalingam (born 1939), Indian critic
• P. S. Ramalingam (died 2013), Indian politician
• R. Ramalingam, Indian politician
• Raghu Ramalingam Ambadapudi, Indian television producer
• Ramalinga Swamigal (1823–1874), Indian saint and poet
• S. Ramalingam, Indian politician
• T. Ramalingam (born 1904), Ceylonese lawyer and politician
• T. A. Ramalingam Chettiar (1881–1952), Indian lawyer and politician
• Venkatarama Ramalingam Pillai (1888–1972), Indian poet
• W. V. V. B. Ramalingam (1884–1962), Indian activist

Surname

• Ramalingam Chandrasekar (born 1963), Sri Lankan politician
• Ramalingam Paramadeva (died 2004), Sri Lankan militant
• Ramalingam Thyagraj (born 1950), Indian football coach
• Tiruchengodu Ramalingam Sundaram (1907–1963), Indian actor
• Saravanan Michael Ramalingam (1971–1996), Singaporean murder victim.

Other uses

• Gopal Ramalingam Memorial Engineering College, college in Chennai, Tamil Nadu