Who's Who of Indian Musicians (WWIM), originally published by Sangeet Natak Akademi: National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama (SNA) in two editions (1968 and 1984), is a voluminous directory of Indian musicians. The directory data was collected from vocalists and instrumentalists of Hindustani and Carnatic traditions, and other various genres including folk music. It is possible to use overall 3,160 entries (1,877 musicians) for inquiries about their birth year, specialization, and educational background, as well as their performing experiences abroad and publications, if any. Entries in this WWIM database are compiled from the original print versions after correcting the editorial errors such as duplications or misspellings.

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Toggle column: Personal ID - Record ID - Data No - Musician ID - Full name - C or H - Gender - Religion - Year of Birth Described - Vocal 1 - Vocal 2 - Vocal 3 - Instrument 1 - Instrument 2 - Instrument 3
P01692
1581
1545
Vaithikingam, Pillai P.
C
M
H
1900
Vocal
P00020
1155
1666
Subramaniam, Chittoor
C
M
H
1900
Vocal
P00631
0348
0421
Dominic Pereira
O
M
O
1900
Vocal
P00020
1502
1666
Subramanyam, Chittoor
C
M
H
1900
Vocal
P00675
0269
0469
Ghan Shyam Das
H
M
H
1900
dhrupad
khyal
P00675
0391
0469
Ghan Shyam Das
H
M
H
1900
dhrupad
khyal
P00029
0312
0536
Goswami, Gohan Chandra
O
M
H
1900
Vocal
sitar
P00606
0221
0395
Deshpande, Gururao Narayanrao
H
M
H
1900
khyal
P00029
0451
0536
Goswami, Ghon Chandra
O
M
H
1900
Vocal
P00474
0141
0247
Bodas,Shankar Shripad
H
M
H
1900
khyal
P00606
0324
0395
Deshpande, Gururao Narayanrao
H
M
H
1900
khyal
P01570
1072
1420
Shivarudrappa, Anekal S.
C
M
H
1900
P00332
0060
0096
Arunachalaiah, A.
C
M
H
1900
harmonium
P00474
0200
0247
Bodas, Shankar Shripad
H
M
H
1900
khyal
P01570
1415
1420
Shivrudrappa, Anekal S.
C
M
H
1900
others
P00332
0077
0096
Arunachalaiah, A
C
M
H
1900
harmonium
P00066
1432
1798
Subramania Iyer, Musiri
C
M
H
1899
Vocal
P01813
0786
1673
Pathak, Ganga Prasad
H
M
H
1899
khyal
P01993
1681
1861
Vishwanatha Bhagavatar, E.P.
C
M
H
1899
Vocal
P01424
0889
1265
Ramalinga Sastri, M.(Sudhakar)
H
M
H
1899
khyal
Others
P01424
1184
1265
Ramalinga Sastri, Mangipudi (Sudhakar)
H
M
H
1899
khyal
Others
P00659
0259
0451
Gangadaram Pilla V.
C
M
H
1899
nagasvaram
P00745
0319
0546
Govindan Nambisan, Kadatha Nadu
C
M
H
1899
Vocal
P00051
0863
1697
Rajamanickam Pillai, Kumbhakonam
C
M
H
1899
violin
P00659
0376
0451
Gangadaram Pillai V.
C
M
H
1899
nagasvaram
P01943
1189
1808
Thakar, Vaman Narayan
H
M
H
1899
khyal
P00492
0155
0267
Chakraborty, Suren
H
M
H
1899
Others
P01838
0923
1700
Ratanjankar, Shrikrishna Narayan (Sujan)
H
M
H
1899
khyal
dhrupad
P00465
0191
0237
Bilagi Pyarabai
H
F
H
1899
Others
P00010
0229
0406
Devendrappa, B.
C
M
H
1899
Vocal
P01488
0970
1332
Sankaranarayana Bagavathar, V.
C
M
M
1899
violin
P00324
0053
0087
Annaswami Bhagawatar, D.
C
M
H
1899
Vocal
P00010
0335
0406
Devendrappa, Rao
C
M
H
1899
Vocal
P01246
0946
1078
Narasimhachary, Vinjampuri Varaha
C
M
H
1898
Vocal
P01438
0903
1279
Ramarao, H.V.
C
M
H
1898
violin
P01438
1201
1279
Ramarao, H.V.
C
M
H
1898
violin
P00488
0152
0263
Butchirama Sastry, Inuganti
C
M
H
1898
violin
P01348
0797
1677
Patwardhan, Vinayak Narayan
H
M
H
1898
khyal
P00488
0210
0263
Butchirama Sastry, Inuganti
C
M
H
1898
violin
P01722
1263
1577
Venkatarama Iyer, R.
C
M
H
1898
violin
P01818
0799
1678
Phulambrikar, Krishnarao Ganesh (Master Krishna Rao)
H
M
H
1898
khyal
Others
P00500
0157
0275
Chand Khan(Chand-Rang)
H
M
M
1898
khyal
P01722
1633
1577
Venkatarama Iyer,R.
C
M
H
1898
violin
P01243
0690
1075
Narashimhachary, Vinjamuri Varaha
C
M
H
1898
Vocal
P01855
1147
1717
Subbiah Bhagavathar, Pattamadai
C
M
H
1898
Vocal
P02004
1313
1873
Yoga Narasimham, H.
C
M
H
1897
Vocal
P01934
1433
1799
Subramanya Iyer, Madurai S
C
M
H
1897
Vocal
P01369
0819
1207
Pujadhikari, Sadashiv Sakharam
H
M
H
1897
tabla
P01815
0790
1675
Patnaik, Kali Charan
H
M
H
1897
Others
P01369
1100
1207
Punjadhikari, Sadashiv Sakharam
H
M
H
1897
tabla
P00328
0055
0091
Appasami Iyer, S.
C
M
H
1897
flute
violin
P00397
1335
0168
Bhattacharya Panchanan
O
M
H
1897
Vocal
P00397
0169
0168
Bhattacharya Panchanan
O
M
H
1897
Vocal
P00065
1262
1840
Venkatarama Iyer, Mudicondan C.
C
M
H
1897
Vocal
P01839
0943
1701
Roy, Dilip Kumar
H
M
H
1897
dhrupad
khyal
Others
P01858
1163
1720
Sundaram Iyer,Parur A.
C
M
H
1896
violin
P01658
1184
1511
Tendulkar, Krishnarao Damodar
H
M
H
1896
khyal
P01658
1538
1511
Tendulkar, Krishnarao Damodar
H
M
H
1896
khyal
P00018
1222
1817
Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar, Chembai
C
M
H
1896
Vocal
P01423
0888
1264
Ramalinga Baghavatar
O
M
H
1896
P00763
0334
0564
Gula, Rasul Kale Khan
H
M
M
1896
harmonium
P00059
1442
1864
Viswanatha Iyer, Maharaja Puram
C
M
H
1896
Vocal
P00447
0132
0219
Bhole, Keshav Waman (Ekalawya, Shuddhasarang)
H
M
H
1896
khyal
harmonium
P00447
0183
0219
Bhole, Keshav Waman (Shuddasarang)
H
M
H
1896
harmonium
P00109
0379
0635
Jaideva Singh, Thakur
O
M
H
1896
Vocal
P00754
0461
0555
Govindra Nambisan, Kadathanadu
C
M
H
1896
Vocal
P00109
0534
0635
Jaideva Singh Thakur
H
M
H
1896
P01396
0855
1234
Rajagopala Pillai, Mannargudi
C
M
H
1896
Vocal
P01396
1132
1234
Rajagopala Pillai, Mannargudi
C
M
H
1896
Vocal
P00925
0447
0742
Kapileshwari, Balkrishnabuwa
H
M
H
1896
khyal
P00491
1337
0266
Chakrabarty, Mangobinda
H
M
H
1896
tabla
P00505
0229
0280
Channakeshaviah, Natanahalli
C
M
H
1895
Vocal
P00497
0156
0272
Chaliha, Padmadhar (Fulanir Mali)
O
M
H
1895
Vocal
P00497
0364
0272
Falanir Mali (Chaliha Padmadir)
O
M
H
1895
Vocal
P01982
1275
1850
Venkateswara Sarma, Chilakalapudi
C
M
H
1895
Vocal
P01423
1183
1264
Ramalinga Bhagavathar, M.
C
M
H
1895
Vocal
P01630
1499
1483
Subramania Pillai, Tiruvizhimizhalai
C
M
H
1895
nagasvaram
P00505
1343
0280
Channkeshaviah, Natanahalli
C
M
H
1895
Vocal
P01932
1486
1796
Subba Rao, A.K.
C
M
H
1895
flute
P00704
0290
0502
Gokhale, Ganesh Ramchandra
H
M
H
1894
khyal
P00628
0239
0418
Doctor, Hirjibhai R.
H
M
H
1894
vchitra vina
dilruba
dilruba
P01100
0586
0921
Mammen Bhagavather, T.
C
M
H
1894
Vocal
P01845
0982
1707
Saraswati Bai,C.
C
F
H
1894
Vocal
P00628
0345
0418
Doctor, Hirjibhai R
H
M
H
1894
dilruba
vchitra vina
vina
P01100
0795
0921
Mammen Bhagavathar, T.
C
M
H
1894
Vocal
P00979
0508
0798
Krishmamoorthy Sastry, Bhoodalur S.
C
M
H
1894
gottuvadyam
P00863
0399
0675
Jayarama Iyer,T.K.
C
M
H
1894
violin
P01853
1141
1715
Subbarao, B.
C & H
M
H
1894
Vocal
P01857
1153
1719
Subramania Sastry, Shermadevi L.
C
M
H
1893
vina
P01937
1165
1802
Sundaresa Bhattar, Seither K.
C
M
H
1893
violin
P00050
0746
1145
Pandit, Krishna Rao Shankar Rao
H
M
H
1893
khyal
dhrupad
Others
P00050
1024
1145
Pandit, Krishna Rao Shankar
H
M
H
1893
khyal
dhrupad
Others
P01250
0694
1082
Narayana Ayyar, Tripunitura Krishna Bhagavatar
C
M
H
1893
Vocal
P01973
1264
1841
Venkatarama Iyer, T.L.
O
M
H
1893
Vocal
P00304
0038
0065
Ananthakrushna Sarma, Rallapalli
C
M
H
1893
Vocal
violin
P00304
0051
0065
Ananthakrishna Sarma, Rallapalli
C
M
H
1893
Vocal
P00340
1447
0106
Ayoddhya Prasad
H
M
H
1892
pakhavaj
P00617
0230
0407
Dewaskar, Ganpat Rao
H
M
H
1892
khyal
P00617
0336
0407
Dewaskar, Ganpat Rao
H
M
H
1892
khyal

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