Narayan

Narayan may refer to:

• Narayana, an Indian name, an important Sanskrit name for Vishnu
• Narayanan, an Indian name
• Narain, an Indian name

People

• Narayan (writer), Indian writer
• Aditya Narayan, Indian television show host
• Anand Narayan, Indian television personality
• Arvind Narayan, Indian football player
• Badri Narayan, Indian artist
• Brij Narayan, Indian sarod player
• Irene Jai Narayan, Fiji Indian politician
• Jagaddipendra Narayan, Maharaja of Cooch Behar
• Jayaprakash Narayan, Indian independence activist and politician
• Jayaprakash Narayan (Lok Satta), Indian politician
• Kunwar Narayan, Indian poet
• Manu Narayan, American actor
• Nara Narayan, ruler of Koch kingdom
• Opendra Narayan, Indian-American AIDS researcher
• Paresh Narayan, Fiji Indian academic
• Prema Narayan, Indian actress and dancer
• R. K. Narayan, Indian author
• Rajan Narayan, Indian journalist
• Rajee Narayan, Indian dancer and musician
• Ram Narayan, Indian sarangi player
• Ramesh Narayan, Indian classical singer
• Rudy Narayan, British barrister
• Shoba Narayan, Indian journalist
• Shovana Narayan, Indian Kathak dancer
• Siddharth Narayan, Indian actor and singer
• Udit Narayan, Indian playback singer
• Uma Narayan, Indian feminist scholar

Places

• Narayan, Nepal in the Dailekh District

Media and entertainment

• Narayan, a song by The Prodigy on their album The Fat of the Land
• Narayan, age in the video game Myst III: Exile
• Narayan, lead character of the 2005 film Water

Other

• Lakshmi Narayan, a Hindu deity
• Changu Narayan, another name for Vishnu
• Narayan Shaligram Shila