# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sheik-chinna-moulana
# Generated: 2026-08-15T18:55:03.158Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sheik-chinna-moulana"
name: "Sheik Chinna Moulana"
slug: "sheik-chinna-moulana"
description: "Sheik Chinna Moulana, popularly known as Sheik, was a legendary nadhaswaram player in the Carnatic tradition. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 1998. He achieved high position through his outstanding control over the instrument, rendering the Krities in the Gayaki style and for his extraordinary style of Raga Alapana."
tagline: "Indian musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sheik_Chinna_Moulana.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: "1924-05-12"
deathDate: "1999-04-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.45
  momentum:             10
  historical:           8.835676
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "شيك تشينا مولانا"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump