New passport contains a different variation of my name. Can I still travel with a valid Schengen visa that was issued with my previous name?

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Yes.

OP has a passport, now expired, with given name: Jayashri Ramamurti, surname: .

OP has a new passport with given name: Jayashri, surname: Ramamurti.

There is a clear link between the two, beyond names and photographs etc, through the old passport number, as this is included in the new passport:

your old passport no. is also retained on the last page

The visa, in the passport with given name: Jayashri Ramamurti, surname: , is in the name: Jayashri Ramamurti Jayashri Ramamurti. This has presumably worked in that passport but even if not should have done so, since it was what the German issuing authority chose in the circumstances. There is no reason to suppose it would not work in connection with a passport that shows given name: Jayashri, surname: Ramamurti in conjunction with the old passport (which contains the visa) and the cross-linking provided by the old passport number being included in the new passport.

This situation is very unlikely to be covered specifically in any rules or guidance so, like other admittance considerations, may depend upon the 'mood' of the Immigration official. The chances of any such official objecting purely on the issue of these names is negligible.

Obviously it would have been nice to have heard back from OP one way or the other but it seems that isn't about to happen.

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