Kesari may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Films Kesari (2018 film), a Nigerian Yoruba-language film Kesari (2019 film), an Indian Hindi-language film Kesari (soundtrack) Kesari (2020 film), an Indian Marathi-language film Kesari Chapter 2, a 2025 Indian Hindi-language film Kesari Veer, a 2025 Indian Hindi-language film Andhra Kesari (film), a 1983 Indian Telugu-language film Bhagavanth Kesari, a 2023 Indian Telugu-language film Hind Kesari (film), a 1935 Indian Hindi-language film Kerala Kesari, a 1951 Indian Malayalam-language film Punjab Kesari (film), a 1938 Indian Tamil-language film Veera Kesari, a 1963 Indian Kannada-language film
Sports Bharat Kesari, an Indian wrestling championship Hind Kesari, an Indian wrestling championship Maharashtra Kesari, an Indian wrestling championship
Television Kesari Nandan, a 2019 Indian television show
Print media Newspapers Kesari (Malayalam newspaper), a defunct Indian Malayalam-language newspaper Kesari (Marathi newspaper), an Indian Marathi-language newspaper established by Bal Gangadhar Tilak Punjab Kesari, an Indian Hindi-language newspaper
Magazines Kesari (magazine), an Indian Malayalam-language magazine Vedanta Kesari, an Indian English-language magazine
People Given name and middle name Kesari Balakrishna Pillai (1889–1960), Indian writer, critic in Malayalam who wrote under the pseudonym Kesari, and the name of a Malayalam-language newspaper he started Kesari Singh (1857–1925), Maharao of Sirohi Kesari Singh Barahath (1872–1941), Indian poet and freedom fighter Kesari Singh Rajpurohit (1680–1731), military commander and rajguru of the Kingdom of Marwar Sri Kesari Warmadewa, first king of Bali Kesari (Ramayana), father of Hanuman in Hindu mythology Bira Kesari Deo (1927–2012), Indian politician
Surname Pankaj Kesari, Indian actor K. N. Kesari (1875–1953), Indian physician, social reformer, philanthropist, author, magazine editor and music patron Kamraj Kesari (1922–1985), cricketer M. I. Kesari, fourth Bishop of Kanyakumari of the Church of South India Narayan Singh Kesari (born 1936), Indian politician Santosh Kesari, Indian-American neuro-oncologist and neurologist
Epithets and pseudonyms 'Andhra Kesari', the epithet of Tanguturi Prakasam (1872–1957), Indian jurist, politician, and Gandhian anti-colonial nationalist 'Bihar Kesari', a popular name of Shri Krishna Sinha (1887–1961), Indian politician Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar (1861–1914), Indian writer who also used Kesari as a pseudonym
Other uses Kesari bat, a South Indian dessert Kesari dynasty, a medieval Indian dynasty (9th–12th centuries) Andhra Kesari University, a public university in Ongole, Andhra Pradesh, India INS Kesari, ships of the Indian Navy
See also Kesar (disambiguation) Keshar (disambiguation) Arikesari (disambiguation) Khesari, a type of grass pea Lathyrus sativus Khesari Lal Yadav, Indian actor, singer, comedian and dancer Kesaria, town in Bihar, India Kesaria (Vidhan Sabha constituency) Kesaria, Bihar, village in Bihar, India Kesaria Stupa, Gupta-era stupa in East Champaran district of Bihar, India Kesaria Peda, an Indian sweet "Kesariya Balam", folk song from Rajasthan, India Kesariya Balam Aavo Hamare Des, Indian TV series, titled after the song "Kesariya" (song), song by Pritam and Arijit Singh from the Indian film Brahmāstra Kesariyaji, Jain temple in the state of Rajasthan