Kumaraswamy
family name
Kumaraswamy or Coomaraswamy or Kumarasamy (Tamil: குமாரசுவாமி; Kannada: ಕುಮಾರಸ್ವಾಮಿ) is a South Indian male given name. Due to the South Indian tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females. Kumaraswamy is one of the many names of the Hindu god Murugan.
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