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
2660
Ramdas
P01874
1736
H
M
H
1916
pakhavaj
2659
Ramachandra, Chitalkar
P01764
1620
O
M
H
1918
2658
Ramswamy, V.
P01879
1741
C
M
H
1931
vina
2657
Ramswami Sastri,T.N.
P01785
1642
C
M
H
1926
vina
2656
Ramswami Iyer, K.V.
P01766
1622
C
M
H
1892
violin
2655
Ramswamy Iyengar, T.K.
P01444
1285
C
M
H
1916
Vocal
2654
Ramaswamy Iyengar, A.
P01442
1283
C
M
H
1913
Vocal
2653
Ramaswamy, Holenarasipura Thammiah
P01873
1735
C
M
H
1932
Vocal
2652
Ramaswami, Annavarapu
P01441
1282
C
M
H
1926
violin
viola
2651
Ramasarma, Penumarthi
P01440
1281
C
M
H
1907
vina
2650
Ramaratnam, V.
P01439
1280
C
M
H
1917
Vocal
2649
Ramarao, H.V.
P01438
1279
C
M
H
1898
violin
2648
Ramanuja Suri, Tirupati
P01437
1278
C
M
H
1911
mridangam
2647
Ramanjaneyulu, Vempati
P01436
1277
C
M
H
1917
violin
2646
Ramani, N.
P02707
1276
C
M
H
1934
flute
2645
Ramanayya Setty, Suri Setti
P01434
1275
C
M
H
1887
flute
violin
2644
Ramanathan, S.
P06060
1274
C
M
H
1917
Vocal
2643
Ramanathat, S.
P01432
1273
C
M
H
1916
vina
2642
Ramanathan, Rudrapatna Krishnappa
P01431
1272
C
M
H
1917
Vocal
2641
Ramanathan, Mavelikara H.
P01430
1271
C
M
H
1922
Vocal
2640
Ramanathan M.D.
P01428
1269
C
M
H
1923
Vocal
2639
Ramanathan, Kalapathi
P01429
1270
C
M
H
1915
mridangam
2638
Ramanarayana Iyer, Kalakad
P01872
1734
C
M
H
1910
Vocal
2637
Ramamurthy, Dharmapuri
P01426
1267
C
M
H
1928
Vocal
2636
Ramamurthym Guntupalli
P01427
1268
C
M
H
1923
nagasvaram
2635
Ramamoorthy, Tanhavoor R.
P01425
1266
C
M
H
1928
mridangam
2634
Ramamurthy, T.K.
P01870
1732
C
M
H
1927
Vocal
2633
Ramamurthy, Puvanur N.
P01869
1731
C
M
H
1927
Vocal
2632
Ramalinga Sastri, Mangipudi (Sudhakar)
P01424
1265
H
M
H
1899
khyal
Others
2631
Ramalinga Bhagavathar, M.
P01423
1264
C
M
H
1895
Vocal
2630
Ramalakshmi, Ranganadhan Madabhushi
P01422
1263
C
M
H
1935
Vocal
2629
Ramakrishnaiah, Kota
P01421
1262
C
M
H
1923
violin
2628
Ramakrishna Sastry, Kolttur
P01868
1730
C
M
H
1916
Vocal
2627
Ramakrishna Sastry, Balijeapalli
P01420
1261
C
M
H
1932
Vocal
2626
Ramakrishna Rao, D.H.
P01867
1729
C
M
H
1922
vina
harmonium
2625
Ramkrishna Oanickar, Varkala G.B.
P01878
1740
C
M
H
1923
nagasvaram
2624
Ramaiah, M.S.
P01419
1260
C
M
H
mridangam
2623
Ramachar, H.P.
P01866
1728
C
M
H
1925
kanjira
mridangam
2622
Ramachandran, Palai
P01865
1727
C
M
H
1943
Vocal
2621
Ramachandran, Mylattur S.
P01864
1726
C
M
H
1925
mridangam
2620
Ramachandran K.S.
P01862
1724
C
M
H
1927
Vocal
2619
Ramachandra, Ennapadam
P01417
1258
C
M
H
Vocal
2618
Ramachandran, Ambal T.
P01863
1725
C
M
H
1922
nagasvaram
2617
Ramachandran, Alangudi K.
P01418
1259
C
M
H
1912
ghatam
2616
Ramachandra Sastry, H.
P01803
1662
C
M
H
1908
others
2615
Ramachandra Rao, M.S.
P01861
1723
H
M
H
1913
dhrupad
khyal
Others
2614
Ramachandra Rao, H.
P01860
1722
C
M
H
1925
Vocal
2613
Ramachandra Rao, Chintalapalli
P01416
1257
C
M
H
1916
Vocal
2612
Ramachandra Rao, Bompada
P01859
1721
C
M
H
1927
violin
2611
Ramabardan, Vellore T.G.
P01415
1256
C
M
H
1929
mridangam
2610
Rama Rao,N.R.
P00698
0494
H
F
H
1927
sitar
2609
Rajukar, Vasant Umesh
P01414
1254
H
M
H
1933
khyal
Others
2608
Rajurkar Malini Vasantrao
P05977
0483
H
F
H
1941
khyal
Others
2607
Rajukar Govindrao
P01413
1253
H
M
H
1916
khyal
2606
Rajodhye, Vasant Rao
P01412
1252
H
M
H
1913
khyal
2605
Rajkhowa, Satish Chandra
P01411
1251
H
M
H
1928
sitar
2604
Rajguru, Basavaraj Mahantaswami
P01410
1250
H
M
H
1920
khyal
Others
2603
Rajeswari, Padmanabhan 2
1249
C
M
H
1939
vina
2602
Rajeswari, Padmanabhan 1
1249
C
M
H
1929
Vocal
2601
Rajeswari, Menon
P01947
1812
C
M
H
1925
vina
2600
Rajeswari, G.K.
P00457
0229
C
M
H
1947
Vocal
2599
Rajeswara Rao Salur
P01408
1247
C
M
H
1921
Vocal
2598
Rajbhan Singh, Thakur
P01407
1246
H
M
H
1930
sitar
2597
Rajasekharam, Sistla Sathyanarayana
P01406
1245
C
M
H
1918
Vocal
2596
Rajarathinam, T.S.
P01405
1244
C
M
H
1917
nagasvaram
2595
Rajarao, Behatha
P01404
1243
C
M
H
1912
vina
2594
Rajappa, Sudiyur Durairaj
P01403
1242
C
M
H
1924
mridangam
2593
Rajanikant Rao, Balantrapu
P01402
1241
C
M
H
1920
Vocal
2592
Rajan, Palladam
P01401
1240
C
M
H
1919
flute
2591
Rajamani, K.
P01400
1239
C
M
H
1931
Vocal
2590
Rajam Pillai, N.K.
P01399
1237
C
M
H
1917
Vocal
2589
Rajam, Iyer, B.
P00011
1627
C
M
H
1922
violin
2588
Rajamma, Kesava Murthy, A.
P00456
0228
C
M
H
1929
Vocal
2587
Rajam, S.
P01761
1617
C
M
H
1919
Vocal
2586
Rajam. N.
P06308
1238
H
M
H
1939
violin
2585
Rajalakshmi, Srinivasan
P01398
1236
C
F
H
1927
vina
2584
Rajagoplan, N.
P01397
1235
C
M
H
1910
Vocal
2583
Murugabhoopathy C.S.
P00017
1042
C
M
H
1914
mridangam
2582
Rajagopalan, B.R.
P00455
0227
C
M
H
1935
Vocal
2581
Rajagopalasarma, Turaiyur, M.
P01802
1661
C
M
H
1905
Vocal
2580
Rajagopala Pillai, Mannargudi
P01396
1234
C
M
H
1896
Vocal
2579
Rajgopal, V.S.
P01775
1632
C
M
H
1936
mridangam
2578
Rajagopala Iyer, Maruthuvakkudi S.
P01395
1233
N/A
M
H
1904
2577
Raja Rao, L.
P00454
0226
C
M
H
1909
vina
2576
Raja Iyengar K.V.
P01394
1232
C
M
H
1925
violin
2575
Raina, Prithvi Nath
P01393
1231
H
M
H
1929
khyal
Others
2574
Raina, Omkar Nath
P01392
1230
H
M
H
1934
sitar
2573
Raichurlkar, Manick Rao
P00453
0225
H
M
H
1921
khyal
2572
Raghuveeran, G.S.
P01390
1228
C
M
H
1920
violin
2571
Raghubir Prasad
P01391
1229
H
M
H
1928
sitar
2570
Raghu, Palghat R.
P00452
0224
C
M
H
1928
mridangam
2569
Raghaviah, Nidumolu
P01389
1227
C
M
H
1919
kanjira
2568
Raghavan, Thiruvengadathaingar Sundera
P01388
1226
C
M
H
1928
Vocal
2567
Raghavan, Ramnad V.
P01387
1225
C
M
H
1928
mridangam
2566
Raghavan, Mysore Venkatachar
P01386
1224
C
M
H
1921
Vocal
2565
Raghavan, K.
P01385
1223
O
M
H
1916
Vocal
2564
Raghava Panicker, Thiruvizha
P01384
1222
C
M
H
1918
nagasvaram
2563
Radhey Shyam
P01383
1221
H
M
H
1938
khyal
2562
Radhamani, T.P.
P01380
1218
C
F
H
1933
Vocal
2561
Radhamani, Parur K. (Parur Sisters)
P01379
1217
C
F
H
1925
Vocal

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