# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kishan-maharaj
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:02:57.224Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kishan-maharaj"
name: "Kishan Maharaj"
slug: "kishan-maharaj"
description: "Pandit Kishan Maharaj was an Indian tabla player who belonged to the Benares gharana of Hindustani classical music."
tagline: "Indian musician (1923–2008)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Portrait_of_Priyaranjan_Dasmunsi_felicitating_noted_Tabla_Maestro_Pandit_Kishan_Maharaj_with_Life_time_Award_at_the_annual_concert_of_Shakhri_Begum_Memorial_Trust_at_Science_city_Auditorium%2C_Calcutta_on_December_9%2C_2006_%28cropped%29.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1923-09-03"
deathDate: "2008-05-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.61746
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump