# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lakshmi-shankar
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:33:21.672Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lakshmi-shankar"
name: "Lakshmi Shankar"
slug: "lakshmi-shankar"
description: "Lakshmi Shankar was an Indian singer and a noted Hindustani classical. Born into a south Indian Hindu family, she became an outstanding Hindustani vocalist of the Patiala Gharana and married Rajendra Shankar, brother of Uday Shankar, a Bengali by birth. She was known for her performances of khyal, thumri, and bhajan. She was the sister-in-law of sitar player Ravi Shankar and the mother-in-law of violinist L. Subramaniam."
tagline: "Indian singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lakshmi_Shankar.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: "1926-06-16"
deathDate: "2013-12-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.62
  momentum:             0.8986708008234425
  historical:           9.496402666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0788161/"
    handle:    "nm0788161"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/298406"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B4%D9%85%D9%89_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "لاكشمى شانكار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakshmi_Shankar"
    title: "Lakshmi Shankar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakshmi_Shankar"
    title: "Lakshmi Shankar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakshmi_Shankar"
    title: "Lakshmi Shankar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakshmi_Shankar"
    title: "Lakshmi Shankar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakshmi_Shankar"
    title: "Lakshmi Shankar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BC%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%80_%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BC%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%B0"
    title: "ਲਕਸ਼ਮੀ ਸ਼ੰਕਰ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BF_%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "லட்சுமி சங்கர்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B2%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B7%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AE%E0%B1%80_%E0%B0%B6%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D"
    title: "లక్ష్మీ శంకర్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/178956b7-d2c0-46e7-a2db-b6ed19d74284"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6479919"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2677426"
    title: "Lakshmi Shankar"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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