Periyar (disambiguation)

Periyar (E. V. Ramasamy, 1879–1973) was an Indian social reformer.

Periyar or Periyaar may also refer to:

Places

 * Periyar River, in Kerala, India
 * Periyar district, now Erode district, in Tamil Nadu, India
 * Periyar National Park, in Kerala, India
 * Mullaperiyar Dam, a dam in Idukki district, Kerala, India
 * Vandiperiyar, a village in Idukki district, Kerala, India

People

 * Periyar Dasan (1949–2013), actor from Tamil Nadu, India

Organisations

 * Periyar Maniammai University, in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India
 * Periyar University, in Salem, Tamil Nadu, India

Media

 * Periyar (1973 film), an Indian Malayalam-language film
 * Periyar (2007 film), an Indian Tamil-language film about the social reformer