Sankar generally refers to a Hindu god, Lord
Shiva
Shiva (; sa, शिव, lit=The Auspicious One, Śiva ), also known as Mahadeva (; ɐɦaːd̪eːʋɐ, or Hara, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. He is the Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions within Hindu ...
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Sankar (writer & director) (V R Sankar, born 1981), Malayalam film director and writer
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Shankar–Ganesh
Shankar–Ganesh is an Indian music director duo who has worked on Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada movies for around 50 years.
Career
They started as assistants to Tamil music composers M. S. Viswanathan and T. K. Ramamoorthy in 1964 an ...
(born 1943), Indian music director duo
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Sankar (writer)
Mani Shankar Mukherjee (commonly known as ''Sankar'' in both Bengali and English-language literature) is an Indian writer in the Bengali language, who also served as the Sheriff of Kolkata. He grew up in Howrah district of West Bengal.
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(Mani Shankar Mukherjee, born 1933), Bengali author
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Beni Sankar (born 1948), Guyanese cricketer
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C. Sankar, Indian politician
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Kayman Sankar (1926–2014), Guyanese rice magnate
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R. Sankar (1909–1972), former Chief Minister of Kerala, India
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Sankar Das Sarma (born 1953), India-born American theoretical condensed matter physicist
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Gauri Sankar
Gaurishankar (also Gauri Sankar or Gauri Shankar; Nepali : ; Sherpa: Jomo Tseringma;) is a mountain in the Nepal Himalayas, the second highest peak of the Rolwaling Himal, behind Melungtse (7,181m). The name comes from the Hindu goddess Gauri, ...
, the second highest peak of the Rolwaling Himal
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Ponnar Sankar, an epic poem in the Tamil language
* Sankar Cement, a brand of cement manufactured by
India Cements
The India Cements Limited is a cement manufacturing company based in Chennai. It is the 9th largest listed cement company in India by revenue. The company is headed by former International Cricket Council chairman and Board of Control for Cricket ...
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Sankar, Nepal, a village in Nepal
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Sankar Monastery, a Buddhist monastery in Ladakh, northern India
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Sankara (disambiguation) Sankara can refer to:
* Mariam Sankara (born 1953), First Lady of Burkina Faso, widow of Thomas Sankara
*Thomas Sankara (1949–1987), Marxist revolutionary leader of Burkina Faso (from 1983–1987)
* ''Sankara'' (2006 film), a 2006 film
* ''Shanka ...
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Shankar (disambiguation) Shankar may refer to:
People
*Shankar (name), including a list of people with the name
* Sankar (writer) (Mani Shankar Mukherjee), Bengali writer
* L. Shankar, Indian violinist
* S. Shankar, Indian film director commonly credited as Shankar
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Shankara (disambiguation) Shankara (also written as Sankara or Samkara, IAST ) can refer to:
*Shiva, the Hindu god
*Adi Shankara, 8th century Hindu philosopher
* K. N. Shankara, Indian space scientist
*Shankaracharya (Shankara acharya), a commonly used title of heads of maţ ...
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