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
2560
Radhakrishnaraju, Mahadeve
P01378
1216
C
M
H
1911
mridangam
2559
Radhakrishnan, Trichur P.(Krishna Dasa)
P01377
1215
O
M
H
1932
2558
Radharikrishnan, Singanallur N.
P01382
1220
N/A
M
H
1932
2557
Radhakrishna Pillai, S.
P01376
1214
C
M
H
1906
nagasvaram
2556
Radha Rani Devi
P01381
1219
O
F
H
1917
Vocal
2555
Radha Devi C.S.
P01375
1213
C
F
H
1934
Vocal
2554
Radha
P01374
1212
C
F
H
1935
Vocal
2553
Puttaswamiah, T.M.
P01373
1211
C
M
H
1904
mridangam
2552
Pattaswamiah
P01780
1637
C
M
H
1917
Vocal
2551
Pushpa, K.
P01372
1210
C
F
H
1923
Vocal
2550
Pujari, Dhananjaya Hari Bhau
P01793
1651
H
M
H
1921
sitar
2549
Pujapanda, Kashi Nath
P01368
1206
H
M
H
1920
pakhavaj
2548
Punjadhikari, Sadashiv Sakharam
P01369
1207
H
M
H
1897
tabla
2547
Premavathy, Trichy S.
P01823
1683
C
M
H
1935
Vocal
2546
Prema, Hariharan
P01822
1682
C
F
H
1938
Vocal
2545
Prem Vallabh
P01367
1205
H
F
H
1918
tabla
pakhavaj
2544
Prasunamba, Tenjarla Lakshmi
P01366
1204
C
M
H
1936
Vocal
2543
Puri, Premlata
P01371
1209
H
F
H
1939
khyal
2542
Purandare, Leela N.
P01370
1208
H
F
H
khyal
2541
Prakasarao, Kotipalli
P01365
1203
C
M
H
1931
Vocal
2540
Prakasarao, K.S.
P01364
1202
C
M
H
1921
Vocal
2539
Prajanananda, Swami
P01363
1201
H
M
H
1907
khyal
dhrupad
2538
Prabhakara Varma, Mavelikara, A.
P01362
1200
C
M
H
1928
Vocal
2537
Prabhakar Krishnamurty Sastry, sistu
P01360
1198
C
M
H
1938
Vocal
2536
Prabhalar,M.
P01361
1199
C
M
H
1922
Vocal
2535
Popatkar, Shankar Rao
P01820
1680
H
M
H
1933
tabla
2534
Poochhwale, Balasaheb
P01359
1197
H
M
H
1918
khyal
2533
Ponnuthai, Madrai M.S.
P01357
1195
C
M
H
1929
nagasvaram
2532
Ponnusami, M.P.N.(Madurai Brothers)
P01356
1194
C
M
H
1933
nagasvaram
2531
Ponnammal, parasala B.
P01355
1193
C
M
H
1924
Vocal
2530
Ponnamal, Guruvayur
P01353
1191
C
M
H
1930
Vocal
2529
Ponnamma, Parur P.C.
P01354
1192
C
M
H
1916
Vocal
2528
Poona Rao, Tirupati
P01358
1196
C
M
H
1927
violin
2527
Pinakapani, Sripada
P01352
1190
C
M
H
1913
Vocal
2526
Pigaisi, Meghanand Gadhvi
P01819
1679
O
M
H
1915
Vocal
2525
Pichumani, R.
P01351
1189
C
M
H
1920
vina
2524
Pichai Kannu Pilai, Engikudi A.K.
P01349
1187
C
M
H
1903
nagasvaram
2523
Pichaiappa, Mulikkarai Sethu
P01350
1188
C
M
H
1913
nagasvaram
2522
Pandse, Madhukar S.
P01792
1649
H
M
H
1929
khyal
2521
Patwardhan, Narayan Vinayak
P01348
1186
H
M
H
1925
khyal
2520
Pattammal, D.K.
P01347
1185
C
F
H
1919
Vocal
2519
Patro, Tarini Charan
P01346
1184
H
M
H
1901
Others
2518
Patro, Jogiraj
P01345
1183
C
M
H
1936
vina
2517
Patra, Ananta Charan
P01344
1182
C
M
H
1916
Vocal
2516
Patnaik, Sunanda
P01343
1181
H
M
H
1934
khyal
2515
Patil, Ajjannam U.
P01342
1180
H
M
H
1931
khyal
2514
Pathak, Panchanan
P01341
1179
H
M
H
1926
khyal
2513
Pathak, Hrishikesh Nanubhai
P01340
1178
H
M
H
1923
khyal
2512
Pathak, Dattopant Bindumadhas
P01339
1177
H
M
H
1902
bin
2511
Pathak, Bindumadhav D.
P01338
1176
H
M
H
1935
bin
2510
Pathak, Balram
P05978
1175
H
M
H
1928
sitar
2509
Patel Vipinchandra Maganlal
P01336
1174
H
M
H
1935
khyal
2508
Patel, Raojibhai
P01335
1173
H
M
H
1914
khyal
2507
Patel, Ishverlal Kuberdas
P01334
1172
H
M
H
1926
violin
2506
Patankar V.V.
P01333
1171
H
M
H
1919
khyal
2505
Pasupathi, D.
P01332
1170
C
M
H
1931
Vocal
2504
Parveen, Sultana
P00075
1169
H
F
M
1948
Others
2503
Parwatikar, Ram Dutt
P01774
1631
H
M
H
1916
dattatreya
vina
sitar
2502
Parvatkar, Ganpat Nilkanta
P01331
1168
H
M
H
1929
tabla
2501
Parvathy S.
P01329
1166
C
F
H
1918
Vocal
2500
Parvathy, Mahadevan
P01330
1167
C
F
H
1927
Others
2499
Parvathy D.,
P01767
1623
C
F
H
1930
Vocal
2498
Parvathavardhini, Balasubramaniam
P01328
1165
C
M
H
1935
vina
2497
Parthasarathy, N.C.
P01327
1164
C
M
H
1917
vina
2496
Parthasarathy, K.
P01326
1163
C
M
H
1904
Vocal
2495
Parikh, Natverlal Keshavlal
P01325
1162
H
M
H
1914
khyal
2494
Parikh, Mrudala Natverlal
P01324
1161
H
M
H
1940
khyal
2493
Parikh, Krishnakant Hiralal
P01323
1160
H
M
H
1941
khyal
2492
Parikh, Kishori Arvind
P01322
1159
H
M
H
1929
khyal
2491
Parikh, Arvind Natvarlal
P01321
1158
H
M
H
1927
sitar
2490
Pareek, Jagannath Prasad
P01320
1157
H
M
H
1970
pakhavaj
2489
Pareek, Badri Narain
P01319
1156
H
M
H
1932
pakhavaj
2488
Parasuraman, Pazhayanur N.
P01318
1155
C
M
H
1923
Vocal
2487
Parashraman, B.
P01317
1154
C
M
H
1913
Vocal
2486
Parameswaran Namboodiri K.
P01811
1671
C
M
H
1933
mridangam
2485
Parameswara Bhagavathar, P.
P01316
1153
C
M
H
1888
vina
2484
Paradkar, Shripad Rajaram
P01768
1624
H
M
H
1946
khyal
2483
Pant, Girdhari Lal
P01315
1152
H
M
H
1923
Others
2482
Panigrahi, Raghunath
P00850
0661
C & H
M
H
1934
Others
2481
Panicker, Sankarnarayana K. (Ambalapuzha Brothers)
P01314
1151
C
M
H
1911
nagasvaram
2480
Pandya, Mahendrabghai
P01313
1150
H
M
H
1916
khyal
2479
Pandya, Chandrashekhar
P01796
1655
H
M
H
1929
khyal
2478
Pndya, Bansilal Ratlal
P01765
1621
H
M
H
1932
khyal
2477
Panduranga Raju, Dattada
P01312
1149
C
M
H
1929
Vocal
2476
Pandit, Sagar
P01311
1148
H
M
H
1920
khyal
Others
2475
Pandit, Narayanrao Krishnarao
P01310
1147
H
M
H
1917
khyal
2474
Pandit, Mohanlal Ramchandra
P01309
1146
H
M
H
1934
dhrupad
khyal
2473
Padit, Laxman Krishnarao
P00052
1652
H
M
H
1934
khyal
Others
2472
Pandit, Krishna Rao Shankar
P00050
1145
H
M
H
1893
khyal
dhrupad
Others
2471
PandharPurkar, Jagannathbuwa
P01308
1144
H
M
H
1905
khyal
2470
Pandey, Ram Pratap
P01809
1669
H
M
H
dhrupad
2469
Pande, Malati Waman
P01307
1143
H
M
H
1930
khyal
2468
Panda, Gopal Chandra
P01306
1142
H
M
H
1934
dhrupad
khyal
2467
Palaninathan, S.
P01305
1141
C
M
H
1927
mridangam
2466
Pat, Suren
P01812
1672
H
M
H
1912
mandolin
2465
Pakkiriswamy, Ramanujalu Venugopal
P00449
0221
C
M
H
1922
mursing
2464
Padmarao, M.N.
P01304
1140
H
M
H
1922
flute
2463
Padmalochana, Nagarajam
P00448
0220
C
F
H
1941
Vocal
2462
Padmaia, S.S.
P02005
1875
C
F
H
1940
Vocal
2461
Padma, Vellai Chandramouly
P01303
1139
C
F
H
1929
vina

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