Shankar
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Shankar is a common name in India. It generally refers to:
* Shiva, Hindu god who is referred to by many names
* Adi Shankara, Hindu philosopher (guru) of around the ninth century
Shankar is also the given name or family name of the following individuals:
* Members of the family of Indian musicians/dancers of whom the most well known are
o Uday Shankar, classical dancer
o Ravi Shankar, sitar player
o Geethali Norah Jones Shankar (Norah Jones), American singer-songwriter
o Anoushka Shankar
o Abhinav Shanker
* Colonel Shankar, the nom de guerre of Vaithilingam Sornalingam of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
* Shankar Mahadevan, singer and part of the Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy music-director trio.
* Kiruba Shankar, Indian blogger
* Kunnesseri Shankar, director
* K. Shankar Pillai (1902–1989), Indian cartoonist
o Shankar's Weekly, a magazine founded by him
o Shankar's International Dolls Museum, New Delhi
* L. Shankar, Indian violinist
* Mani Shankar Mukherjee, Bengali writer popularly known as Shankar
* Mani Shankar, Indian Film-maker
* Ramamurti Shankar, physics professor and textbook author at Yale University
* Ravi Shankar, poet and faculty member of Central Connecticut State University
* S. Shankar, Tamil film director
* Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, guru and founder of the Art of Living movement
* Shankar Party unofficial name given to the Adhyatmik Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya
* Shankar Lamichhane, Nepalese Essayist
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