# Puttaraj Gawai

> Pandit Puttaraj Gawayigalu was an Indian musician in the Hindustani classical tradition, a scholar who authored more than 80 books in Kannada, Sanskrit and Hindi, a music teacher and a social servant. A member of the Gwalior Gharana (school), he is renowned for his ability to play many instruments such as the veena, the tabla, mridangam, violin etc., as well as for his popular renditions of devotional music (bhajans) vachanas. A vocalist both in Hindustani and Carnatic Music, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian honour, in 2010.

*Indian singer (1914-2010)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Country:** India
- **Born:** 1914-03-03
- **Died:** 2010-09-17
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 43.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 4.2 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 35.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **WEBSITE**: http://puttarajgavaiji.com/

## Sources
- [Puttaraj Gawai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puttaraj_Gawai)
- [ಪುಟ್ಟರಾಜ ಗವಾಯಿ](https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%AA%E0%B3%81%E0%B2%9F%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%9F%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%9C_%E0%B2%97%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%AF%E0%B2%BF)
- [ਪੰਡਿਤ ਪੁੱਤਰਾਜ ਗਵਈ](https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%A1%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%A4_%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%81%E0%A9%B1%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%9C_%E0%A8%97%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%88)
- [पुट्टराज गवायी](https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C_%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%80)
- [புட்டராஜ் கவாய்](https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9C%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AF%E0%AF%8D)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7262456)

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