Shankar 605109 221166043 2008-06-23T09:31:49Z 202.159.223.194 '''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 **[[Uday Shankar]], classical dancer **[[Ravi Shankar (musician)]], sitar player **[[Norah Jones|Geethali Norah Jones Shankar]] (Norah Jones), American singer-songwriter **[[Anoushka Shankar]] **[[Ananda Shankar]] **[[Mamata Shankar]] **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 *Shankar, part of the [[Shankar-Jaikishan]] music-director duo *[[K. Shankar Pillai]] (1902&ndash;1989), Indian cartoonist **[[Shankar's Weekly]], a magazine founded by him **[[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 <!-- *Rajeswaran, Shankar, World famous biologist famous for his discoveries near the coast of Papua New Guinea --> <!-- *Ramamurti Shankar, Textbook author and physics professor at [[Yale University]] --> *[[Ravi Shankar (poet)]], 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 *[[AIVV|Shankar Party]] unofficial name given to the Adhyatmik Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya *[[Shankar Lamichhane]], Nepalese Essayist *[[Shankar, Ludhiana]], Village located in Ludhiana, Punjab *[[Shankar Agarwal]], SAP Consultant,New Delhi {{disambig}} [[category:indian family names]] [[de:Shankar]] [[es:Shankar]] [[nl:Shankar]]