Shankar

Shankar

Shankar is a common name in India. It generally refers to:

*Shiva, Hindu god who is referred to by many names
*Adi Shankara, Hindu philosopher (guru) of around the ninth century

"Shankar" is also the given name or family name of the following individuals:

*Members of the family of Indian musicians/dancers of whom the most well known are
**Uday Shankar, classical dancer
**Ravi Shankar (musician), sitar player
**Geethali Norah Jones Shankar (Norah Jones), American singer-songwriter
**Anoushka Shankar
**Ananda Shankar
**Mamata Shankar
**Abhinav Shanker
*Colonel Shankar, the "nom de guerre" of Vaithilingam Sornalingam of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
*Shankar Mahadevan, singer and part of the Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy music-director trio
*Shankar, part of the Shankar-Jaikishan music-director duo
*K. Shankar Pillai (1902–1989), Indian cartoonist
**Shankar's Weekly, a magazine founded by him
**Shankar's International Dolls Museum, New Delhi
*L. Shankar, Indian violinist
*Mani Shankar Mukherjee, Bengali writer popularly known as Shankar
*Mani Shankar, Indian Film-maker
*Ravi Shankar (poet), poet and faculty member of Central Connecticut State University
*S. Shankar, Tamil film director
*Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, guru and founder of the Art of Living movement
*Shankar Party unofficial name given to the Adhyatmik Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya
*Shankar Lamichhane, Nepalese Essayist

*Shankar, Ludhiana, Village located in Ludhiana, Punjab
*Shankar Agarwal, SAP Consultant,New Delhi

*Shankar's Virus, a computer virus that infects word documents


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