# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bhajan-sopori
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:43:06.278Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bhajan-sopori"
name: "Bhajan Sopori"
slug: "bhajan-sopori"
description: "Pandit Bhajan Sopori was an Indian instrumentalist, musicologist, composer, and teacher. He was a player of the santoor, an ancient stringed musical instrument."
tagline: "Santoor Maestro & Padma Shri Winner (1948–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lange_Nacht_der_Musik_2013_-_Bhajan_Sopori_-_6.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1948-06-22"
deathDate: "2022-06-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.95
  momentum:             16.31707317073171
  historical:           8.416704
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm6591538"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ভজন সোপরি"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ಪಂಡಿತ್ ಭಜನ್ ಸೊಪೊರಿ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بَھجَن سوپورؠ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ഭജൻ സൊപോരി"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "భజన్ సోపోరి"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Bhajan Sopori"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump