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 - WWP ID - WWIM ID - Name - H / C - Gender - Religion - Year of Birth - Vocal - Instrument
P00011
1627
0860
Rajam Iye, B.
C
M
H
1922
violin
P06308
1238
0859
Rajam, N.
H & C
M
H
1939
violin
P01835
1696
0858
Rajam, Mayuram S.
C
M
H
1912
vocal
P01397
1235
0857
Rajagopalan, N.
C
M
H
1910
vocal
P01802
1661
0856
Rajagopala Sarma, Turaiyur M.
C
M
H
1905
vocal
P01396
1234
0855
Rajagopala Pillai, Mannargudi
C
M
H
1896
vocal
P01395
1233
0854
Rajagopala Iyer, Maruthuvakkudi
C
M
H
1904
vocal
P01775
1632
0853
Rajagopal, V.S.
C
M
H
1936
mridangam
P01394
1232
0852
Raja Iyengar K.V.
C
M
H
1925
violin
P01834
1695
0851
Raja Iyengar, B.S.
C
M
H
1901
vocal
P01393
1231
0850
Raina, Prithvi Nath
H
M
H
1929
khyal
P01392
1230
0849
Raina, OmkarNath
H
M
H
1934
sitar
P01391
1229
0848
Raghuvir Prasad
H
M
H
1928
sitar
P01390
1228
0847
Raghuveeran, G.S.
C
M
H
1920
violin
P01390
1694
0846
Raghuveeran, G.S.
C
M
H
1928
mridangam
P01389
1227
0845
Raghaviah, Nidumolu
C
M
H
1919
ghatam
kanjira
P01833
1693
0844
Raghavan, Venkataraman
O
M
H
1908
P01387
1225
0843
Raghavan, Ramnad V.
C
M
H
1928
mridangam
P01386
1224
0842
Raghavan, Mysore Venkatachar
C
M
H
1921
vocal
P01385
1223
0841
Raghavan, K.
C
M
H
1916
vocal
P01384
1222
0840
Raghava Panicker, Thiruvizha
C
M
H
1915
nagasvaram
P01381
1219
0839
Radharani Devi
H
F
H
1915
others
P01380
1218
0838
Radhamani, T.P.
C
F
H
1933
vocal
P01379
1217
0837
Radhamani, Parur K. (Parur Sisters)
C
F
H
1925
vocal
P01378
1216
0836
Radhakrishnaraju, Mahadevu
C
M
H
1911
mridangam
P01382
1220
0834
Radhakrishnan, Singanallur N.
N/A
M
H
1932
P01376
1214
0833
Radhakrishna Pillai, S.
C
M
H
1906
nagasvaram
P01375
1213
0832
Radha Devi C.S.
C
F
H
1934
vocal
P01374
1212
0831
Radha
C
F
H
1935
vocal
P01373
1211
0830
Puttaswamayya, T.M.
C
M
H
1904
mridangam
P01780
1637
0829
Puttaswamaiah, T.
C
M
H
1917
vocal
P01372
1210
0828
Pushpa, K.
C
F
H
1923
vocal
P01828
1688
0827
Pushpa Chhaya
H
F
H
1939
others
P01826
1686
0826
Purushothaman, Kamukara
C
M
H
1930
vocal
P01825
1685
0825
Purushotham Sastry, Puranam
C
M
H
1925
vocal
P01827
1687
0824
Purushottam Das
H
M
H
1910
pakhavaj
P01824
1684
0823
Purohit, Jagannathbua (Guni Das)
H
M
H
1905
khyal
P01370
1208
0822
Purandare, Leela N.
H
F
H
khyal
P01793
1651
0821
Pajari, Dhananjaya Hari Bhau
H
M
H
1921
sitar
P01368
1206
0820
Pujapanda, Kashi Nath
H
M
H
1920
pakhavaj
P01369
1207
0819
Pujadhikari, Sadashiv Sakharam
H
M
H
1897
tabla
P01367
1205
0818
Prem Vallabh
H
M
H
1918
tabla
pakhavaj
P01366
1204
0817
Prasunamba, Tenjarla Lakshmi
C
M
H
1936
vocal
P01365
1203
0816
Prakasarao, Kotipalli
C
M
H
1931
vocal
P01364
1202
0815
Prakasarao, K.S.
C
M
H
1921
vocal
P01363
1201
0814
Prajnanananda, Swami
H
M
H
1907
dhrupad
khyal
P01362
1200
0813
Prabhakara Varma, Mavelikara R.
C
M
H
1928
vocal
P01360
1198
0812
Prabhakar Krishnamurty Sastrym Sistu
C
M
H
1938
vocal
P01361
1199
0811
Prabhakar, M.
C
M
H
1922
vocal
P01359
1197
0810
Poochhwale, Balasaheb
H
M
H
1918
khyal
P01357
1195
0809
Ponnuthai, Madurai M.S.
C
F
H
1929
nagasvaram
P01356
1194
0808
Ponnusami, M.P.N.(Madurai Brothers)
C
M
H
1933
nagasvaram
P01358
1196
0807
Ponnarao, Tirupati
C
M
H
1926
violin
P01355
1193
0806
Ponnammal Parasala B.
C
F
H
1924
vocal
P01353
1191
0805
Ponnamal, Guruvayur
C
F
H
1930
vocal
P01354
1192
0804
Ponnamma, Par P.C.
C
F
H
1916
vocal
P01352
1190
0803
Pinakapani, S.
C
M
H
1913
vocal
P01351
1189
0802
Pichumani, R
C
M
H
1920
vina
P01349
1187
0801
Pichai Kannu Pillai, Engikudi A.K.
C
M
H
1903
nagasvaram
P01350
1188
0800
Pichaiappa, Mulikkarai Sethu
C
M
H
1913
nagasvaram
P01818
1678
0799
Phulambrikar, Krishnarao Ganesh (Master Krishna Rao)
H
M
H
1898
khyal
others
P01792
1649
0798
Pendse, Madhukar S.
H
M
H
1929
khyal
P01348
1677
0797
Patwardhan, Vinayak Narayan
H
M
H
1898
khyal
P01348
1186
0796
Patwardhan, Narayan Vinayak
H
M
H
1925
khyal
P01347
1185
0795
Pattammal, D.K.
C
F
H
1919
vocal
P01346
1184
0794
Patro, Tarini Charan
H
M
H
1901
others
P01345
1183
0793
Patra, Jogiraj
C
M
H
1936
vina
P01344
1182
0792
Patra, Annta Charan
C
M
H
1916
vocal
P01343
1181
0791
Patnaik Sunada
H
F
H
1934
khyal
P01815
1675
0790
Patnaik, Kali Charan
H
M
H
1897
others
P01342
1180
0789
Patil, Ajjanna, U.
H
M
H
1931
khyal
P01341
1179
0788
Pathak, Panchaanan
H
M
H
1926
khyal
P01340
1178
0787
Pathak, Hrishikesh Nanubhai
H
M
H
1923
khyal
P01813
1673
0786
Pathak, Ganga Prasad
H
M
H
1899
khyal
P01339
1177
0785
Pathak, Dattopant Bindumadhav
H
M
H
1902
bin
P01338
1176
0784
Pathal, Bindumadhav
H
M
H
1935
bin
P05978
1175
0783
Pathak, Balaram
H
M
H
1929
sitar
P01336
1174
0782
Patel, Vipinchandra Maganlal
H
M
H
1935
khyal
P01335
1173
0781
Patel, Raojibhai
H
M
H
1914
khyal
P01334
1172
0780
Patel, Ishverlal Kuberdas
C
M
H
1926
violin
P01332
1170
0779
Pasupathi, D.
C
M
H
1931
vocal
P00075
1169
0778
Parwen, Sultana
H
F
H
1948
others
P01331
1168
0777
Parvatkar, Ganpat Nikanta
H
M
H
1929
tabla
P01774
1631
0776
Parvatikar, D.R.
H
M
H
1916
sitar
svaramandal
P01329
1166
0775
Parvathy S.
C
F
H
1918
vocal
P01330
1167
0774
Parvathy, Mahadevan
H & C
F
H
1927
vocal
P01767
1623
0773
Prvathy D.,
C
F
H
1930
vocal
P01328
1165
0772
Parvathavardhini
C
F
H
1935
vina
P01327
1164
0771
Parthasarathy, N.C.
C
M
H
1917
vina
P01326
1163
0770
Parthasarathy, K.
C
M
H
1904
vocal
P01325
1162
0769
Parikh, Natverlal Keshavlal
H
M
H
1914
khyal
P01324
1161
0768
Parikh, Mrudula Natverlal
H
M
H
1940
khyal
P01323
1160
0767
Parikh, Krishnakant Hiralal
H
M
H
1941
khyal
P01321
1158
0766
Parikh, Arvind N.
H
M
H
1927
sitar
P01320
1157
0765
Pareek, Jagannath Prasad
H
M
H
1870
pakhavaj
P01319
1156
0764
Pareek, Badri Narain
H
M
H
1932
pakhavaj
P01318
1155
0763
Parasuraman, Pazhayanur N.
C
M
H
1923
vocal
P01317
1154
0762
Parashuraman, B
C
M
H
1913
vocal
P01821
1681
0761
Pramjpe, Sharadchandra Shridhar
H
M
H
1920
violin

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