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 - Vocal 1 - Vocal 2 - Vocal 3 - Instrument 1 - Instrument 2 - Instrument 3
P01899
1285
1763
Sakuntala Srinivasan
C
M
H
vina
P01911
1383
1775
Shakunthala, Srinivasan
C
M
H
1930
vina
P01914
1388
1778
Shankaranarayana Sastry, Mathodu
C
M
H
1910
vina
P01917
1414
1781
Shivaramaiah, T.H.
C
M
H
1929
vina
P01925
1429
1789
Srinivasa Iyengarm K
C
M
H
1919
vina
P01936
1511
1801
Sumitra Devi, R.A.
C
F
H
1928
vina
P01947
1153
1812
Rajeswari, Menon
C
M
H
1925
vina
P01958
1599
1824
Vasantha Saravanan
C
M
H
1925
vina
P01971
1624
1838
Venkatachalam C.A.
C
M
H
1926
vina
P00278
0020
0033
Alagarsamy, Kandadevi S
C
M
H
1925
violin
P00278
0029
0033
Alagarsamy, Kandadevi
C
M
H
1925
violin
P00280
0031
0035
Alamelu, Mahalingam, Lalgudi
C
F
H
1933
violin
P00291
0030
0049
Ambujam, Raman
C
M
H
1918
Vocal
violin
P00291
0040
0049
Ambujam. Raman
C
M
H
1918
violin
P00304
0038
0065
Ananthakrushna Sarma, Rallapalli
C
M
H
1893
Vocal
violin
P00057
0041
0069
Anantharaman, Mylapore Sundaram Iyer
C
M
H
1924
violin
P00057
0055
0069
Anantharaman, Mylapore Sandaram Iyer
C
M
H
1924
violin
P00308
0042
0070
Anantharamarao, Kavuru
C
M
H
1932
violin
P00308
0056
0070
Anantharamarao. Kavuru
C
M
H
1932
violin
P00309
0057
0071
Anantharamier, Parur S
C
M
H
1911
violin

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