# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gayatri-sankaran
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:17:59.324Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gayatri-sankaran"
name: "Gayatri Sankaran"
slug: "gayatri-sankaran"
description: "Dr. Gayatri Sankaran is an Indian Carnatic musician and vocalist specialising in Carnatic vocals and violin performances. She is a recipient of the Kalaimamani award from Tamil Nadu Eyal Isai Nataka Manram, a unit of the Directorate of Art and Culture, Government of Tamil Nadu. The Government of India honoured her in 2006 with the award of Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award for her contributions to music, making her the first visually impaired woman to receive the award."
tagline: "Indian Carnatic musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gayatri_Sankaran.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           37.97
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.537473333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump