# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/l-shankar
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:50:01.600Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/l-shankar"
name: "L. Shankar"
slug: "l-shankar"
description: "Shankar Lakshminarayana, better known as L. Shankar, is an Indian violinist, singer and composer who also goes by the stage name Shenkar. Known for his contributions to world music, he is often regarded as one of the pioneers of East-West fusion, blending the traditions of Indian classical with Western genres such as rock, pop, jazz, and electronic music. His extensive body of work spans a wide spectrum of genres, encompassing vocal and instrumental compositions. He has released 28 solo albums, the two latest being Full Moon and Over the Stars, which were released in September and August 2024, respectively."
tagline: "Indian violinist and composer (born 1950)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/L_Shankar.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: "1950-04-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.47
  momentum:             1.280712530712531
  historical:           11.99889466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/theshenkar"
    handle:    "theshenkar"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/theshenkar/"
    handle:    "theshenkar"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/LShenkar"
    handle:    "LShenkar"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0788150/"
    handle:    "nm0788150"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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    handle:    "6DmKvvaXUkECvkUozzpuQb"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://lshankar.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%84._%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "إل. شانكار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84._%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "ال. شانكار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84._%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "ال. شانکار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Shankar"
    title: "L. Shankar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Shankar"
    title: "L. Shankar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Shankar"
    title: "L. Shankar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Shankar"
    title: "L. Shankar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9A._%E1%83%A8%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98"
    title: "ლ. შანკარი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Shankar"
    title: "L. Shankar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Shankar"
    title: "L. Shankar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Shankar"
    title: "L. Shankar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D._%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "எல். சங்கர்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/64c98753-d570-47ec-b5f6-0c0ac0f23811"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1396801"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5325214"
    title: "Shiva Shankar L. C."
    type:  "DATABASE"

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