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
P01378
1216
2560
Radhakrishnaraju, Mahadeve
C
M
H
1911
mridangam
P01382
1220
2558
Radharikrishnan, Singanallur N.
N/A
M
H
1932
P01376
1214
2557
Radhakrishna Pillai, S.
C
M
H
1906
nagasvaram
P01381
1219
2556
Radha Rani Devi
O
F
H
1917
vocal
P01375
1213
2555
Radha Devi C.S.
C
F
H
1934
vocal
P01374
1212
2554
Radha
C
F
H
1935
vocal
P01373
1211
2553
Puttaswamiah, T.M.
C
M
H
1904
mridangam
P01780
1637
2552
Pattaswamiah
C
M
H
1917
vocal
P01372
1210
2551
Pushpa, K.
C
F
H
1923
vocal
P01793
1651
2550
Pujari, Dhananjaya Hari Bhau
H
M
H
1921
sitar
P01368
1206
2549
Pujapanda, Kashi Nath
H
M
H
1920
pakhavaj
P01369
1207
2548
Punjadhikari, Sadashiv Sakharam
H
M
H
1897
tabla
P01823
1683
2547
Premavathy, Trichy S.
C
M
H
1935
vocal
P01822
1682
2546
Prema, Hariharan
C
F
H
1938
vocal
P01367
1205
2545
Prem Vallabh
H
F
H
1918
tabla
pakhavaj
P01366
1204
2544
Prasunamba, Tenjarla Lakshmi
C
M
H
1936
vocal
P01371
1209
2543
Puri, Premlata
H
F
H
1939
khyal
P01370
1208
2542
Purandare, Leela N.
H
F
H
khyal
P01365
1203
2541
Prakasarao, Kotipalli
C
M
H
1931
vocal
P01364
1202
2540
Prakasarao, K.S.
C
M
H
1921
vocal
P01363
1201
2539
Prajanananda, Swami
H
M
H
1907
khyal
dhrupad
P01362
1200
2538
Prabhakara Varma, Mavelikara, A.
C
M
H
1928
vocal
P01360
1198
2537
Prabhakar Krishnamurty Sastry, sistu
C
M
H
1938
vocal
P01361
1199
2536
Prabhalar,M.
C
M
H
1922
vocal
P01820
1680
2535
Popatkar, Shankar Rao
H
M
H
1933
tabla
P01359
1197
2534
Poochhwale, Balasaheb
H
M
H
1918
khyal
P01357
1195
2533
Ponnuthai, Madrai M.S.
C
M
H
1929
nagasvaram
P01356
1194
2532
Ponnusami, M.P.N.(Madurai Brothers)
C
M
H
1933
nagasvaram
P01355
1193
2531
Ponnammal, parasala B.
C
M
H
1924
vocal
P01353
1191
2530
Ponnamal, Guruvayur
C
M
H
1930
vocal
P01354
1192
2529
Ponnamma, Parur P.C.
C
M
H
1916
vocal
P01358
1196
2528
Poona Rao, Tirupati
C
M
H
1927
violin
P01352
1190
2527
Pinakapani, Sripada
C
M
H
1913
vocal
P01819
1679
2526
Pigaisi, Meghanand Gadhvi
O
M
H
1915
vocal
P01351
1189
2525
Pichumani, R.
C
M
H
1920
vina
P01349
1187
2524
Pichai Kannu Pilai, Engikudi A.K.
C
M
H
1903
nagasvaram
P01350
1188
2523
Pichaiappa, Mulikkarai Sethu
C
M
H
1913
nagasvaram
P01792
1649
2522
Pandse, Madhukar S.
H
M
H
1929
khyal
P01348
1186
2521
Patwardhan, Narayan Vinayak
H
M
H
1925
khyal
P01347
1185
2520
Pattammal, D.K.
C
F
H
1919
vocal
P01346
1184
2519
Patro, Tarini Charan
H
M
H
1901
others
P01345
1183
2518
Patro, Jogiraj
C
M
H
1936
vina
P01344
1182
2517
Patra, Ananta Charan
C
M
H
1916
vocal
P01343
1181
2516
Patnaik, Sunanda
H
M
H
1934
khyal
P01342
1180
2515
Patil, Ajjannam U.
H
M
H
1931
khyal
P01341
1179
2514
Pathak, Panchanan
H
M
H
1926
khyal
P01340
1178
2513
Pathak, Hrishikesh Nanubhai
H
M
H
1923
khyal
P01339
1177
2512
Pathak, Dattopant Bindumadhas
H
M
H
1902
bin
P01338
1176
2511
Pathak, Bindumadhav D.
H
M
H
1935
bin
P05978
1175
2510
Pathak, Balram
H
M
H
1928
sitar
P01336
1174
2509
Patel Vipinchandra Maganlal
H
M
H
1935
khyal
P01335
1173
2508
Patel, Raojibhai
H
M
H
1914
khyal
P01334
1172
2507
Patel, Ishverlal Kuberdas
H
M
H
1926
violin
P01333
1171
2506
Patankar V.V.
H
M
H
1919
khyal
P01332
1170
2505
Pasupathi, D.
C
M
H
1931
vocal
P00075
1169
2504
Parveen, Sultana
H
F
M
1948
others
P01774
1631
2503
Parwatikar, Ram Dutt
H
M
H
1916
vina
dattatreya
sitar
P01331
1168
2502
Parvatkar, Ganpat Nilkanta
H
M
H
1929
tabla
P01329
1166
2501
Parvathy S.
C
F
H
1918
vocal
P01330
1167
2500
Parvathy, Mahadevan
C
F
H
1927
others
P01767
1623
2499
Parvathy D.,
C
F
H
1930
vocal
P01328
1165
2498
Parvathavardhini, Balasubramaniam
C
M
H
1935
vina
P01327
1164
2497
Parthasarathy, N.C.
C
M
H
1917
vina
P01326
1163
2496
Parthasarathy, K.
C
M
H
1904
vocal
P01325
1162
2495
Parikh, Natverlal Keshavlal
H
M
H
1914
khyal
P01324
1161
2494
Parikh, Mrudala Natverlal
H
M
H
1940
khyal
P01323
1160
2493
Parikh, Krishnakant Hiralal
H
M
H
1941
khyal
P01322
1159
2492
Parikh, Kishori Arvind
H
M
H
1929
khyal
P01321
1158
2491
Parikh, Arvind Natvarlal
H
M
H
1927
sitar
P01320
1157
2490
Pareek, Jagannath Prasad
H
M
H
1970
pakhavaj
P01319
1156
2489
Pareek, Badri Narain
H
M
H
1932
pakhavaj
P01318
1155
2488
Parasuraman, Pazhayanur N.
C
M
H
1923
vocal
P01317
1154
2487
Parashraman, B.
C
M
H
1913
vocal
P01811
1671
2486
Parameswaran Namboodiri K.
C
M
H
1933
mridangam
P01316
1153
2485
Parameswara Bhagavathar, P.
C
M
H
1888
vina
P01768
1624
2484
Paradkar, Shripad Rajaram
H
M
H
1946
khyal
P01315
1152
2483
Pant, Girdhari Lal
H
M
H
1923
others
P00850
0661
2482
Panigrahi, Raghunath
H & C
M
H
1934
others
P01314
1151
2481
Panicker, Sankarnarayana K. (Ambalapuzha Brothers)
C
M
H
1911
nagasvaram
P01313
1150
2480
Pandya, Mahendrabghai
H
M
H
1916
khyal
P01796
1655
2479
Pandya, Chandrashekhar
H
M
H
1929
khyal
P01765
1621
2478
Pndya, Bansilal Ratlal
H
M
H
1932
khyal
P01312
1149
2477
Panduranga Raju, Dattada
C
M
H
1929
vocal
P01311
1148
2476
Pandit, Sagar
H
M
H
1920
khyal
others
P01310
1147
2475
Pandit, Narayanrao Krishnarao
H
M
H
1917
khyal
P01309
1146
2474
Pandit, Mohanlal Ramchandra
H
M
H
1934
dhrupad
khyal
P00052
1652
2473
Padit, Laxman Krishnarao
H
M
H
1934
khyal
others
P00050
1145
2472
Pandit, Krishna Rao Shankar
H
M
H
1893
khyal
dhrupad
others
P01308
1144
2471
PandharPurkar, Jagannathbuwa
H
M
H
1905
khyal
P01809
1669
2470
Pandey, Ram Pratap
H
M
H
dhrupad
P01307
1143
2469
Pande, Malati Waman
H
M
H
1930
khyal
P01306
1142
2468
Panda, Gopal Chandra
H
M
H
1934
dhrupad
khyal
P01305
1141
2467
Palaninathan, S.
C
M
H
1927
mridangam
P01812
1672
2466
Pat, Suren
H
M
H
1912
mandolin
P00449
0221
2465
Pakkiriswamy, Ramanujalu Venugopal
C
M
H
1922
mursing
P01304
1140
2464
Padmarao, M.N.
H
M
H
1922
flute
P00448
0220
2463
Padmalochana, Nagarajam
C
F
H
1941
vocal
P02005
1875
2462
Padmaia, S.S.
C
F
H
1940
vocal
P01303
1139
2461
Padma, Vellai Chandramouly
C
F
H
1929
vina

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