Kesari may refer to:
- Kesari (2019 film), an Indian Hindi-language film
- Kesari (2020 film), an Indian Marathi-language film
- Kesari (newspaper), an Indian 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