Kesari may refer to: Kesari (2019 film), an Indian Hindi-language film Kesari (2020 film), an Indian Marathi-language film Kesari (Malayalam newspaper), a defunct Indian Malayalam-language newspaper Kesari (newspaper), an Indian Marathi-language newspaper INS Kesari, ships of the Indian Navy Kesari dynasty Kesari (Ramayana), father of Hanuman (a hero of Ramayana) People 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 Barahath (1872–1941), Indian poet and freedom fighter K. N. Kesari (1875–1953), Indian physician, social reformer, philanthropist, author, magazine editor and music patron Kamraj Kesari (1922–1985), cricketer Narayan Singh Kesari (born 1936), Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar (1861–1914), Indian writer who also used Kesari as a pseudonym See also Kesari bhath, an Indian dessert made of semolina, sugar, and ghee Khesari, a type of grass pea Keshar (disambiguation) Lathyrus sativus