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Sankar or Shankar is a Sanskrit word meaning "beneficent" or "giver of bliss" and may refer to:


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Shankar (name) Sankar or Shankar is a Sanskrit word meaning "beneficent" or "giver of bliss". Shankar or Sankar is also the name of Hindu god, Shiva, Lord Shiva. The south Indian version of Shankara is sometimes written as "Sankara". Notable people with this nam ...
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Ravi Shankar Ravi Shankar (; born Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury, sometimes spelled as Rabindra Shankar Chowdhury; 7 April 1920 – 11 December 2012) was an Indian sitar, sitarist and composer. A sitar virtuoso, he became the world's best-known expert of Hin ...
, Indian sitarist and composer **
Shankar (actor) Shanker Panicker, better known as Shankar, is an Indian film and television actor, film director and producer, known for his work in Malayalam and Tamil language, Tamil films. He has acted in nearly 200 films and was a leading actor in Malayala ...
, Indian actor ** Shankar (Tamil militant), Tamil rebel ** Shankar (cartoonist), Indian cartoonist ** Shankar (writer), Indian writer **
Shankar–Ganesh Shankar–Ganesh is an Indian music director duo who has worked on Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and Telugu movies for around 50 years. They also directed one movie '' Jagathalaprathapan'' in 1990 Personal life Shankar was the younger brother of ...
, an Indian music director duo who worked in Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada movies **
Shankar Dayal Sharma Shankar Dayal Sharma (; 19 August 1918 – 26 December 1999) was an Indian lawyer and politician who served as the President of India from 1992 to 1997. Born in Bhopal, Sharma studied at Agra, Allahabad and Lucknow and received a doctorate i ...
, President of India from 1992 to 1997 **
K. Shankar Kannan Shankar (17 March 1926 - 5 March 2006) was an Indian film editor, screenwriter and director. He directed more than 80 films in South Indian languages including Tamil language, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu language, Telugu and Kannada as well ...
or Shankar, Indian film director, screenwriter and editor **
S. Shankar Shankar Shanmugam (born 17 August 1963) is an Indian film director, producer, and screenwriter, primarily known for his work in Tamil cinema. Known as one of the most prominent directors in the history of Indian cinema, he has also worked in H ...
or Shankar, Indian film director, film producer and screenwriter **Shankar, fictional protagonist of the 1998 Indian film '' Gunda'' portrayed by Mithun Chakraborty


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Shankar, Jalandhar Shankar is a village in the Nakodar tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab, India. Demographics According to the 2011 Census of India, Shankar village had 1,186 households and a total population of 5,639, of which 2,900 were male and 2,739 wer ...
, a village located in Jallandhar, Punjab, India * Shankar, Iran, a village in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran *
Shankar Vihar Shankar Vihar is a residential complex for serving personnel of the Indian Armed Forces and their families, provided by the Government of India. Currently there are more than 278 houses including Permanent & Temporary. It is surrounded by an ai ...
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Shankar Vihar metro station The Shankar Vihar metro station is a stop on the Magenta Line of the Delhi Metro. This represents part of the third phase of development of the Delhi Metro. It was opened to public on 29 May 2018. It is the only station in the Delhi Metro ne ...


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Shankar's International Dolls Museum The International Dolls Museum is a large collection of dolls in Delhi, India. It was set up by K. Shankar Pillai, a political cartoonist. Housed in the Children's Book Trust building on Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, accessed through a separate e ...
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Shankar's Weekly ''Shankar's Weekly'' was an Indian satirical magazine published between 1948 and 1975. It was founded and run by Keshav Shankar Pillai, a pioneering political cartoonist. The magazine has been compared to the UK's '' Punch''. The weekly print ...
'', a magazine founded by K. Shankar Pillai * Shankar Party unofficial name given to the Adhyatmik Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya *
Shankar Guru (disambiguation) Shankar Guru may refer to these Indian films: * ''Shankar Guru'' (1978 film), a Kannada-language film directed by V. Somashekhar * ''Sankar Guru'' (1987 film), a Tamil-language film directed by Raja See also * Shankar (disambiguation) * Guru ...
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Sankar (disambiguation) Sankar generally refers to a Hindu god, Lord Shiva, and may also refer to: People * Shankar–Ganesh (born 1943), Indian music director duo * Sankar (writer) (Mani Shankar Mukherjee, born 1933), Bengali author * Beni Sankar (born 1948), Guyanes ...
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Shankara (disambiguation) Shankara (also written as Sankara or Samkara, IAST ) can refer to: *Shiva, the Hindu god *Adi Shankara, 8th-century Indian philosopher *K. N. Shankara, Indian space scientist *Shankaracharya (Shankara acharya), a commonly used title of heads of ma� ...
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Shanker Shanker is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Albert Shanker (1928–1997), president of the American Federation of Teachers * Baggy Shanker, British politician * Ram Shanker (born 1985), Singaporean footballer * Sasi Shanker ...
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Sankara (disambiguation) Sankara can refer to: People * Danladi Abdullahi Sankara (born 1954), Nigerian politician and senator * Mariam Sankara (born 1953), First Lady of Burkina Faso, widow of Thomas Sankara * Thomas Sankara (1949–1987), Marxist revolutionary leader ...
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Shenkar (disambiguation) Shenkar may refer to: * Arie Shenkar, founder of the Manufacturers Association of Israel * L. Shankar or Shenkar (born 1950), Indian violinist, singer, and composer * Shenkar College of Engineering and Design Shenkar College of Engineering, ...
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