# Jyoti

Jyoti means "divine light" in many Indian languages.
Jyoti and spelling variants may refer to:

## Arts and media
### Films and TV

* Jothi (1939 film), a Tamil film
* Jyothi (1976 film), a Telugu film
* Jyoti (1981 film), a Hindi film
* Jothi (1983 film), a Tamil film
* Jyoti (1988 film), a Bengali film
* Jothi (2022 film), a Tamil film
* Jyoti (TV series), an Indian daily soap opera on Imagine TV
* Jothi (TV series), a 2021 Indian supernatural fantasy thriller Tamil language television series

### Other media

* Jyothi (album), a 1983 album by Charlie Mariano and the Karnataka College of Percussion
* Andhra Jyothi, Indian newspaper
* Jothi Agaval (The Call Divine), a poem by Ramalinga Swamigal (Vallalar)
* Jyoti swarupini, a Carnatic raga

## Hinduism

* Jyoti (goddess), considered to be a Hindu goddess of light
* Jyotirlinga, a set of consecrated Shiva lingams
* Jyotir Math, one of four major Ādi Śaṅkara schools
* Jyoti Kalash, a light festival associated with Durga

## People
### In film

* Jyoti Kapur Das, Indian director and screenwriter
* Jyoti Sarup (born 1954), Indian director and producer
* Jyoti Swaroop (died 1991), Indian director
* J. P. Dutta (born 1949), Indian producer, writer and director
* Jyothi (actress, born 1963) (1963–2007), film actress who acted in over 50 South Indian films
* Jyothika (born 1977), Indian actress of predominantly Tamil films
* Jyoti Gauba, Indian actress
* Jyothi Lakshmi (1948–2016), Indian actress
* Jyoti Singh (actress), US born Indian actress
* Jyotii Sethi, Indian actress
* Jyoti Subhash, Indian actress

### Sportspeople

* Jyothi Yarraji (born 1999), Indian woman hurdler
* Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Indian compound archer
* Jyoti (wrestler) (born 1985), Indian wrestler in the -75 kg category
* Jyoti Chetty (born 1982), South African fencer
* Jyoti Dutta (1926–2010), Indian cricketer
* Jyoti Raj, Indian free solo climber
* Jyoti Randhawa (born 1972), Indian professional golfer
* Jyoti Rumawat (born 1999), Indian field hockey player
* Jyoti Sunita Kullu (born 1978), Indian field hockey player
* Jyoti Yadav (born 1983), Indian cricketer

### Musicians

* Georgia Anne Muldrow, American musician who occasionally goes by the stage name Jyoti
* Jyoti Ghimire, Nepalese musician
* Jyoti Goho, Indian classical musician
* Jyoti Hegde, Indian classical musician
* Jyoti Nooran, one of the Nooran Sisters

### In government

* Jyoti Basu (1914–2010), male Indian politician, of Communist Party of India (Marxist) from West Bengal, India
* Jyoti Devi, Indian politician
* Jyoti Dhurve, Indian politician
* Jyoti Gondek (born 1969), Canadian politician
* Jyoti Kalani, Indian politician
* Jyoti Kiran (born 1968), Indian politician of the BJP party
* Jyoti Mirdha (born 1972), Indian politician
* Jyoti Prakash Nirala (1986–2017), Indian Air Force member killed in action
* Jyoti Prasad Das, Indian politician
* Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa, Indian governor
* Jyotiraditya Scindia, Indian politician
* Jothi Venkatachalam (born 1917), female Indian politician, former Governor of Kerala, India

### Writers

* Jyotirmoyee Devi (1896–1988), Indian writer
* Jyoti Mhapsekar (born 1950), librarian and activist
* Jyoti Prakash Dutta (writer), Bangladeshi short-story writer
* Jyoti Prasad Agarwala (1903–1951), prolific author of Assamese literature

### Other people

* Jyotirao Phule (1827–1890), activist and writer
* Jyoti Amge (born 1993), world's smallest woman as of 2018
* Jyoti Dhawale, HIV activist
* Jyotirmoy Dey (1955–2011), journalist and investigator
* Jyoti Kumari (born 2005), student known for bicycling over 700 mi during COVID-19 lockdown
* Jyotiprasad Medhi (1924–2017), statistical mathematician
* Jyoti Rout (born 1965), Indian classical dancer
* Jyotiranjan Srichandan Ray (born 1970), Indian geochemist
* Jyoti Prakash Tamang (born 1961), Indian food technologist
* Jyoti Singh, 2012 Delhi gang rape murder victim

## Places

* Jyotirmath, city in Uttarakhand, India
* Jyoti Khuria, municipality in Uttarakhand, India
* Jyothy Kendriya Vidyalaya, an English medium school in Bangalore