# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/geeta-sarabhai
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:37:36.680Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/geeta-sarabhai"
name: "Geeta Sarabhai"
slug: "geeta-sarabhai"
description: "Geeta Sarabhai Mayor was an Indian musician, well known for her patronage in music. She was among the first women to play the pakhavaj, a traditional barrel-shaped, two-headed drum. She promoted exchanges between Indian and Western music, particularly for bringing Ahmedabad to New York City. During a study stay in New York, she taught Indian music and philosophy to the experimental composer John Cage, in exchange for a course on the theory of Western music. The course included the twelve-tone technique of Arnold Schoenberg. In 1949, Geeta Sarabhai founded the Sangeet Kendra in Ahmedabad, whose mission is to document and promote classical and popular Indian musical traditions. Gita was a part-time faculty of music at National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad."
tagline: "Indian musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gita_Sarabhai_Mayor%2C_Ahmedabad%2C_1952.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1922"
deathDate: "2011-03-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.24
  momentum:             10
  historical:           7.083946666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "گیتا سارابھائی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جيتا سارابهاى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gita_Sarabhai"
    title: "Gita Sarabhai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gita_Sarabhai"
    title: "Gita Sarabhai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gita_Sarabhai"
    title: "Gita Sarabhai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%97%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%BE_%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%AD%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%88"
    title: "ਗੀਤਾ ਸਾਰਾਭਾਈ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%9C%E1%B1%A4%E1%B1%9B%E1%B1%9F_%E1%B1%A5%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%A8%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%B5%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%AD"
    title: "ᱜᱤᱛᱟ ᱥᱚᱨᱚᱵᱟᱭ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BE_%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AF%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "கீதா சாராபாய்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%97%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%BE_%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%AD%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%AF%E0%B1%8D"
    title: "గీతా సారాభాయ్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump