Gauri (given name)

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Language(s) Sanskrit		Region of origin India

Gauri, occasionally spelt Gouri, is an given name of India. It is derived from gaurī 'white', 'shining, brilliant', which is used as an epithet of the goddess Parvati, especially in the Mahagauri manifestation.

List of persons with the name

Gauri Pradhan Tejwani, Indian television actress

Gauri Shinde, Indian ad-film and feature film director

Gauri Karnik, Hindi and Marathi film actress

Gauri Pradhan Tejwani, Indian television actress

Gauri Shankar, Indian chess player and FIDE Master

Gauri Malla, Nepali actress

Gauri Ma (1857 – 1938), Indian disciple of Ramakrishna, companion of Sarada Devi

Gauri Deshpande (1942–2003), novelist, short story writer, and poet from Maharashtra, India

Gauri Ayyub (1931 – 1998), social worker, activist, writer and teacher based in Kolkata (Calcutta

Gauri Pradhan, social activist and human rights defender in Nepal as well as in South Asia

Gauri Shankar Pandey, veteran Indian politician and a former Minister of Bihar

Protima Gauri (1948 – 1998), Indian model turned odissi exponent

Gauri Shankar Kalita (1955 – 2010), Indian journalist

Gauri Shankar Rai, member of the Sixth Lok Sabha during 1977-79 representing Ghazipur constituency of Uttar Pradesh

Gauri Shankar Shejwar, medical doctor by profession and one of the senior leaders of Bharatiya Janata Party in Madhya Pradesh

Gauri Shankar Khadka, Nepalese politician, belonging to the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)

Gauri Shankar Chaturbhuj Bisen (1born 952) current cabinet minister in BJP ministry of Madhya Pradesh

References

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