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: WWIM ID - Full name - Personal ID - Musician ID - C or H - Gender - Religion - Year of Birth Described - Vocal 1 - Vocal 2 - Vocal 3 - Instrument 1 - Instrument 2 - Instrument 3
0860
Rajam Iye, B.
P00011
1627
C
M
H
1922
violin
0859
Rajam, N.
P06308
1238
C & H
M
H
1939
violin
0858
Rajam, Mayuram S.
P01835
1696
C
M
H
1912
Vocal
0857
Rajagopalan, N.
P01397
1235
C
M
H
1910
Vocal
0856
Rajagopala Sarma, Turaiyur M.
P01802
1661
C
M
H
1905
Vocal
0855
Rajagopala Pillai, Mannargudi
P01396
1234
C
M
H
1896
Vocal
0854
Rajagopala Iyer, Maruthuvakkudi
P01395
1233
C
M
H
1904
Vocal
0853
Rajagopal, V.S.
P01775
1632
C
M
H
1936
mridangam
0852
Raja Iyengar K.V.
P01394
1232
C
M
H
1925
violin
0851
Raja Iyengar, B.S.
P01834
1695
C
M
H
1901
Vocal
0850
Raina, Prithvi Nath
P01393
1231
H
M
H
1929
khyal
0849
Raina, OmkarNath
P01392
1230
H
M
H
1934
sitar
0848
Raghuvir Prasad
P01391
1229
H
M
H
1928
sitar
0847
Raghuveeran, G.S.
P01390
1228
C
M
H
1920
violin
0846
Raghuveeran, G.S.
1694
C
M
H
1928
mridangam
0845
Raghaviah, Nidumolu
P01389
1227
C
M
H
1919
kanjira
ghatam
0844
Raghavan, Venkataraman
P01833
1693
O
M
H
1908
0843
Raghavan, Ramnad V.
P01387
1225
C
M
H
1928
mridangam
0842
Raghavan, Mysore Venkatachar
P01386
1224
C
M
H
1921
Vocal
0841
Raghavan, K.
P01385
1223
C
M
H
1916
Vocal
0840
Raghava Panicker, Thiruvizha
P01384
1222
C
M
H
1915
nagasvaram
0839
Radharani Devi
P01381
1219
H
F
H
1915
Others
0838
Radhamani, T.P.
P01380
1218
C
F
H
1933
Vocal
0837
Radhamani, Parur K. (Parur Sisters)
P01379
1217
C
F
H
1925
Vocal
0836
Radhakrishnaraju, Mahadevu
P01378
1216
C
M
H
1911
mridangam
0835
Radhakrishnan, Trichr P.(Krishna Dasa)
P01377
1215
O
M
H
1926
0834
Radhakrishnan, Singanallur N.
P01382
1220
N/A
M
H
1932
0833
Radhakrishna Pillai, S.
P01376
1214
C
M
H
1906
nagasvaram
0832
Radha Devi C.S.
P01375
1213
C
F
H
1934
Vocal
0831
Radha
P01374
1212
C
F
H
1935
Vocal
0830
Puttaswamayya, T.M.
P01373
1211
C
M
H
1904
mridangam
0829
Puttaswamaiah, T.
P01780
1637
C
M
H
1917
Vocal
0828
Pushpa, K.
P01372
1210
C
F
H
1923
Vocal
0827
Pushpa Chhaya
P01828
1688
H
F
H
1939
Others
0826
Purushothaman, Kamukara
P01826
1686
C
M
H
1930
Vocal
0825
Purushotham Sastry, Puranam
P01825
1685
C
M
H
1925
Vocal
0824
Purushottam Das
P01827
1687
H
M
H
1910
pakhavaj
0823
Purohit, Jagannathbua (Guni Das)
P01824
1684
H
M
H
1905
khyal
0822
Purandare, Leela N.
P01370
1208
H
F
H
khyal
0821
Pajari, Dhananjaya Hari Bhau
P01793
1651
H
M
H
1921
sitar
0820
Pujapanda, Kashi Nath
P01368
1206
H
M
H
1920
pakhavaj
0819
Pujadhikari, Sadashiv Sakharam
P01369
1207
H
M
H
1897
tabla
0818
Prem Vallabh
P01367
1205
H
M
H
1918
tabla
pakhavaj
0817
Prasunamba, Tenjarla Lakshmi
P01366
1204
C
M
H
1936
Vocal
0816
Prakasarao, Kotipalli
P01365
1203
C
M
H
1931
Vocal
0815
Prakasarao, K.S.
P01364
1202
C
M
H
1921
Vocal
0814
Prajnanananda, Swami
P01363
1201
H
M
H
1907
dhrupad
khyal
0813
Prabhakara Varma, Mavelikara R.
P01362
1200
C
M
H
1928
Vocal
0812
Prabhakar Krishnamurty Sastrym Sistu
P01360
1198
C
M
H
1938
Vocal
0811
Prabhakar, M.
P01361
1199
C
M
H
1922
Vocal
0810
Poochhwale, Balasaheb
P01359
1197
H
M
H
1918
khyal
0809
Ponnuthai, Madurai M.S.
P01357
1195
C
F
H
1929
nagasvaram
0808
Ponnusami, M.P.N.(Madurai Brothers)
P01356
1194
C
M
H
1933
nagasvaram
0807
Ponnarao, Tirupati
P01358
1196
C
M
H
1926
violin
0806
Ponnammal Parasala B.
P01355
1193
C
F
H
1924
Vocal
0805
Ponnamal, Guruvayur
P01353
1191
C
F
H
1930
Vocal
0804
Ponnamma, Par P.C.
P01354
1192
C
F
H
1916
Vocal
0803
Pinakapani, S.
P01352
1190
C
M
H
1913
Vocal
0802
Pichumani, R
P01351
1189
C
M
H
1920
vina
0801
Pichai Kannu Pillai, Engikudi A.K.
P01349
1187
C
M
H
1903
nagasvaram
0800
Pichaiappa, Mulikkarai Sethu
P01350
1188
C
M
H
1913
nagasvaram
0799
Phulambrikar, Krishnarao Ganesh (Master Krishna Rao)
P01818
1678
H
M
H
1898
khyal
Others
0798
Pendse, Madhukar S.
P01792
1649
H
M
H
1929
khyal
0797
Patwardhan, Vinayak Narayan
P01348
1677
H
M
H
1898
khyal
0796
Patwardhan, Narayan Vinayak
P01348
1186
H
M
H
1925
khyal
0795
Pattammal, D.K.
P01347
1185
C
F
H
1919
Vocal
0794
Patro, Tarini Charan
P01346
1184
H
M
H
1901
Others
0793
Patra, Jogiraj
P01345
1183
C
M
H
1936
vina
0792
Patra, Annta Charan
P01344
1182
C
M
H
1916
Vocal
0791
Patnaik Sunada
P01343
1181
H
F
H
1934
khyal
0790
Patnaik, Kali Charan
P01815
1675
H
M
H
1897
Others
0789
Patil, Ajjanna, U.
P01342
1180
H
M
H
1931
khyal
0788
Pathak, Panchaanan
P01341
1179
H
M
H
1926
khyal
0787
Pathak, Hrishikesh Nanubhai
P01340
1178
H
M
H
1923
khyal
0786
Pathak, Ganga Prasad
P01813
1673
H
M
H
1899
khyal
0785
Pathak, Dattopant Bindumadhav
P01339
1177
H
M
H
1902
bin
0784
Pathal, Bindumadhav
P01338
1176
H
M
H
1935
bin
0783
Pathak, Balaram
P05978
1175
H
M
H
1929
sitar
0782
Patel, Vipinchandra Maganlal
P01336
1174
H
M
H
1935
khyal
0781
Patel, Raojibhai
P01335
1173
H
M
H
1914
khyal
0780
Patel, Ishverlal Kuberdas
P01334
1172
C
M
H
1926
violin
0779
Pasupathi, D.
P01332
1170
C
M
H
1931
Vocal
0778
Parwen, Sultana
P00075
1169
H
F
H
1948
Others
0777
Parvatkar, Ganpat Nikanta
P01331
1168
H
M
H
1929
tabla
tabla
0776
Parvatikar, D.R.
P01774
1631
H
M
H
1916
sitar
svaramandal
0775
Parvathy S.
P01329
1166
C
F
H
1918
Vocal
0774
Parvathy, Mahadevan
P01330
1167
C & H
F
H
1927
Vocal
0773
Prvathy D.,
P01767
1623
C
F
H
1930
Vocal
0772
Parvathavardhini
P01328
1165
C
F
H
1935
vina
0771
Parthasarathy, N.C.
P01327
1164
C
M
H
1917
vina
0770
Parthasarathy, K.
P01326
1163
C
M
H
1904
Vocal
0769
Parikh, Natverlal Keshavlal
P01325
1162
H
M
H
1914
khyal
0768
Parikh, Mrudula Natverlal
P01324
1161
H
M
H
1940
khyal
0767
Parikh, Krishnakant Hiralal
P01323
1160
H
M
H
1941
khyal
0766
Parikh, Arvind N.
P01321
1158
H
M
H
1927
sitar
0765
Pareek, Jagannath Prasad
P01320
1157
H
M
H
1870
pakhavaj
0764
Pareek, Badri Narain
P01319
1156
H
M
H
1932
pakhavaj
0763
Parasuraman, Pazhayanur N.
P01318
1155
C
M
H
1923
Vocal
0762
Parashuraman, B
P01317
1154
C
M
H
1913
Vocal
0761
Pramjpe, Sharadchandra Shridhar
P01821
1681
H
M
H
1920
violin

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