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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
**[[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]] (1902–1989), 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
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*[[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
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