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
P01703
1239
1557
Vasanthakumari T.
C
F
H
1937
Vocal
P01703
1601
1557
Vasanthakumari T.
C
F
H
1937
Vocal
P01704
1240
1558
Vasanthakumari, M.L.
C
F
H
1928
Vocal
P01704
1602
1558
Vasanthakumari, M.L.
C
F
H
1928
Vocal
P01709
1245
1563
Vedavalli, M.B.
C
F
H
1935
Vocal
P01709
1608
1563
Vedavalli, M.B.
C
F
H
1935
Vocal
P01720
1258
1574
Venkatappiah Sastry Mahavadi
C
F
H
1911
Vocal
P01728
1276
1583
Venkateswarlu, Kuchibhotla
C
F
H
1905
mridangam
P01735
1285
1590
Vidya, Shankar
C
F
H
1919
vina
P01735
1664
1590
Vidya, Shankar
C
F
H
1917
vina
P01756
1444
1612
Warekar, Shobhana
H
F
H
1940
khyal
P01762
1230
1618
Varadraja Iyengar, Balakavady
C
F
H
1912
Vocal
P01763
1256
1619
Venkata Kamakshi, Vulimiri
C
F
H
1928
vina
P01767
0773
1623
Prvathy D.,
C
F
H
1930
Vocal
P01767
1051
1623
Parvathy D.,
C
F
H
1930
Vocal
P01770
0998
1626
Satya Devi, Chitrapu
C
F
H
1936
Vocal
P01770
1325
1626
Saya Devi, Chitrapu
C
F
H
1936
Vocal
P01771
0938
1628
Ravethi, Ratnaswammy
C
F
H
1936
Vocal
P01771
1257
1628
Revathi, Ratnaswamy
C
F
H
1936
Vocal
P01779
1025
1636
Sengupta, Aratidipa
H
F
H
1928
khyal
P01790
0935
1647
Rengachari, T.K.
C
F
H
1912
Vocal
P01791
1081
1648
Syamala, Balakrishna
C
F
H
1934
P01791
1422
1648
Shyamala, Balakrishnan
C
F
H
1934
Vocal
P01795
0978
1654
Sarada, Anantharaman
C
F
H
1917
Vocal
P01806
1250
1665
Veeraraghavan, Tirupparkadal
C
F
H
1930
violin
P01822
1098
1682
Prema, Hariharan
C
F
H
1938
Vocal
P01828
0827
1688
Pushpa Chhaya
H
F
H
1939
Others
P01845
0982
1707
Saraswati Bai,C.
C
F
H
1894
Vocal
P01849
1080
1711
Shunmuga Vammal, A.
C
F
H
1889
vina
P06436
1085
1712
Siddheshwari Devi
H
F
H
1908
Others
P01880
1223
1742
Rangamma, S.B.
C
F
H
1931
Vocal
P01885
1232
1747
Ranganayakamma, G.V.
C
F
H
1937
Vocal
P00085
1414
1750
Rasoolan Bai
H
F
M
1902
Others
P01890
1243
1753
Ratnabai, Krishnamurthy
C
F
H
1929
Vocal
P01891
1255
1754
Revamma, C.K.
C
F
H
1931
Vocal
P01893
1261
1756
Roshan Akhtar Begum
H
F
M
1927
khyal
P01896
1270
1759
Rukmini Ramani
C
F
H
1939
Vocal
P01897
1269
1760
Rukmini, Rajagopalan
C
F
H
1913
Vocal
P00098
1271
1761
Rukmini, T.
C
F
H
1937
violin
P01900
1283
1764
Sakuntala, Narasimhan
C & H
F
H
1940
khyal
Others
P01903
1326
1767
Satyavati Ammula
C
F
H
1942
violin
P01904
1347
1768
Seethalakshmi, Narasimhan
C
F
H
1929
Vocal
P01905
1348
1769
Seethalakshmi, Venkatesan
C
F
H
1926
Vocal
P01912
0828
1776
Mattu, Regeshwri
H
F
H
1939
khyal
P01922
1467
1786
Sridevi, Padmanabhan
C
F
H
1943
Vocal
P01935
1506
1800
Suguna, Purushotaman
C
F
H
1941
Vocal
P01936
1511
1801
Sumitra Devi, R.A.
C
F
H
1928
vina
P01949
1568
1814
Upadhyaya, Parvati
H
F
H
1940
sitar
P01950
1571
1815
Usha Sagar
C
F
H
1943
Vocal
P01959
1238
1825
Vasantha, Gopalam
C
F
H
1926
violin
P01961
1606
1827
Vasundhara Devi, Sistala
C
F
H
1936
Vocal
P01963
1609
1829
Vedavalli, Ramaswamy
C
F
H
1925
violin
P01964
1610
1830
Vedavalli,R.
C
F
H
1935
Vocal
P01989
1671
1857
Vijayalakshmi Sarma, Chivukula
C
F
H
1946
Vocal
P01990
1670
1858
Vijayalakshmi, Nathan
C
F
H
1937
Vocal
P01991
1665
1859
Vijaylakshmi, Jagarlapudi
C
F
H
1938
Vocal
P02005
1014
1875
Padmaia, S.S.
C
F
H
1940
Vocal
P02006
0925
1876
Ratna, R.
C
F
H
Vocal
P02006
1241
1876
Rathna, R.
C
F
H
Vocal
P00683
0399
0477
Ghose. Asrukuna
H
?
H
1930
khyal
dhrupad
Others

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