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Charu

Sanskrit word and name

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Charu is a Sanskrit word that means 'sweet'.

01Name

Charu is a popular name given to Hindu women and men. Notable people with the name Charu include:

Charu Majumdar: The founder of Naxalbari uprising in India
Charulata: Eponymous protagonist of Satyajit Ray's movie

02Other meanings

In Sanskrit, charu is the name of a flower.

Charu is a sweet porridge-like foodstuff offered as ahuti (offering) in the Yajnas.

Charu Hasini, or 'sweet smiler', is an epithet of the goddess Rukmini.

In Telugu, the dish rasam is known as charu. In Kannada, it is known as saru or sar.

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