# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/v-selvaganesh
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:27:20.616Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/v-selvaganesh"
name: "V. Selvaganesh"
slug: "v-selvaganesh"
description: "V. Selvaganesh is an Indian percussionist working in the Carnatic tradition and one of the leading kanjira players of his generation. He is also known as \"Chella S. Ganesh.\""
tagline: "Indian musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/V_Selvaganesh_Munich_2001.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: "1966-12-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.38
  momentum:             0.6980273141122915
  historical:           6.42538
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  228
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0304273/"
    handle:    "nm0304273"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%D9%89._%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%DA%A4%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B4"
    title: "ڤى. سيلڤاجانيش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/V._Selvaganesh"
    title: "V. Selvaganesh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V._Selvaganesh"
    title: "V. Selvaganesh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%80._%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6"
    title: "व्ही. सेल्वागणेश"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF._%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%A3%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%B7%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "வி. செல்வகணேஷ்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1baa87ae-141d-4e8d-b75a-294af673a91a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2505257"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/584786"
    title: "V. Selvaganesh"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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