# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/guruvayur-dorai
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:14:38.096Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/guruvayur-dorai"
name: "Guruvayur Dorai"
slug: "guruvayur-dorai"
description: "Guruvayur Dorai is an Indian percussionist. He is one of the most senior exponents of the South Indian classical percussion instrument, the mridangam. He had his initial training under Palghat Subba Iyer and E.P. Narayana Pisharody, and later from the legendary master Palani Subramaniam Pillai. Initiating his concert performances at the age of eight, Guruvayur Dorai has performed on the concert platform for the past 60 years. His wide range of efforts in the field of mridangam and music have helped propagate the art around the globe."
tagline: "Indian musician"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
birthDate: "1935-07-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.38
  momentum:             15.32258064516129
  historical:           4.871274666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ഗുരുവായൂർ ദൊരൈ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guruvayur_Dorai"
    title: "Guruvayur Dorai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%88"
    title: "गुरुवायुर दोराई"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e00319b3-07b5-40db-b346-6da261e32a7f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AF%E0%AF%82%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%88"
    title: "குருவாயூர் துரை"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%97%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%AF%E0%B1%82%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%8A%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%88"
    title: "గురువాయూర్ దొరై"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5620571"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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