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Shankar Jaikishan
Sankar or Shankar is a Sanskrit word meaning "beneficent" or "giver of bliss" and may refer to: People * Shankar (name) **Ravi Shankar, Indian sitarist and composer **Shankar (actor), Indian actor ** Shankar (Tamil militant), Tamil rebel ** Shankar (cartoonist), Indian cartoonist ** Shankar (writer), Indian writer **Shankar–Ganesh, an Indian music director duo who worked in Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada movies ** Shankar Dayal Sharma, President of India from 1992 to 1997 ** K. Shankar or Shankar, Indian film director, screenwriter and editor ** S. Shankar or Shankar, Indian film director, film producer and screenwriter **Shankar, fictional protagonist of the 1998 Indian film '' Gunda'' portrayed by Mithun Chakraborty Places * Shankar, Jalandhar, a village located in Jallandhar, Punjab, India * Shankar, Iran, a village in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran * Shankar Vihar, neighborhood of Delhi, India ** Shankar Vihar metro station See also * * Shankar's International Dolls ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shankar (name)
Sankar or Shankar is a Sanskrit word meaning "beneficent" or "giver of bliss". Shankar or Sankar is also the name of Hindu god, Shiva, Lord Shiva. The south Indian version of Shankara is sometimes written as "Sankara". Notable people with this name include: Given name * Sankar (writer) (Mani Shankar Mukherjee), Bengali writer * Shankar Balasubramanian, British chemical biologist * Shankar Bhattacharyya (born 1946), American engineer * Shankar Lamichhane, Nepalese essayist * Shankar Mahadevan, singer and part of the Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy music-director trio * Shankar Nagar, Nepalese town * Shankar Painter (1946–2020), Indian poet * Shankar (actor) (Shankar Panikkar, born 1960), Indian film actor and director popularly known as Shankar * K. Shankar Pillai (1902–1989), Indian cartoonist * Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918–1999), ninth President of India serving from 1992 to 1997 * Shankar Tucker, American clarinetist and music composer * Shankar Vedantam, reporter with NPR and host of ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shankar Vihar Metro Station
The Shankar Vihar metro station is a stop on the Magenta Line of the Delhi Metro. This represents part of the third phase of development of the Delhi Metro. It was opened to public on 29 May 2018. It is the only station in the Delhi Metro network where free movement of civilians is restricted, as it falls in the Delhi Cantonment area in a military zone. Station layout Structure Shankar Vihar elevated metro station situated on the Magenta Line of Delhi Metro. Station layout Special provision for defence area As the station lies completely inside an army unit, the commuters are required to carry defence ID cards to take exit from the station. See also *Delhi * List of Delhi Metro stations *Transport in Delhi *Delhi Metro Rail Corporation * Delhi Suburban Railway * Delhi Monorail * Delhi Transport Corporation *South West Delhi * Shankar Vihar * National Capital Region (India) *List of rapid transit systems *List of metro systems This list of metro systems includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sankara (other)
Sankara can refer to: People * Danladi Abdullahi Sankara (born 1954), Nigerian politician and senator * 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) * Adi Shankara (788–820), Hindu philosopher credited with reviving Hinduism * Shiva, whom Hindus, especially Shaivites, worship as supreme God or their Supreme Being Films * ''Sankara'' (2007 film), a Sri Lankan film directed by Prasanna Jayakody * ''Shankara'' (2016 film), a 2016 Indian Telugu-language action film by Tatineni Satya Other * Sankara, Burkina Faso, a village in Burkina Faso * Sankara Eye Foundation, a US-based non-profit working to eradicate curable blindness in India * Sankara Stones, magical rocks from the 1984 feature film ''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'' * Sankhara, mental formations in Buddhist philosophy See also * Sankar (other) * Shankara (disambiguatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shanker
Shanker is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Albert Shanker (1928–1997), president of the American Federation of Teachers * Baggy Shanker, British politician * Ram Shanker (born 1985), Singaporean footballer * Sasi Shanker Sasi Shanker (1957 – 10 August 2016) was an Indian film director. He directed a total of twelve films including ten Malayalam films and two Tamil films. He won the National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues in 1993 for his direc ... (1957–2016), Indian film director * S. Shankar or S. Shanker (born 1963), Indian film director, film producer and screenwriter See also * Shankar (other) {{surname, Shanker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shankara (other)
Shankara (also written as Sankara or Samkara, IAST ) can refer to: *Shiva, the Hindu god *Adi Shankara, 8th-century Indian philosopher *K. N. Shankara, Indian space scientist *Shankaracharya (Shankara acharya), a commonly used title of heads of maţhas (monasteries) in the Advaita tradition of Hindu philosophy *Shankara (raga), a raga in Indian classical music *Shankara (1991 film), ''Shankara'' (1991 film), a 1991 Indian Hindi-language film starring Sunny Deol *Shankara (2016 film), ''Shankara'' (2016 film), an Indian Telugu-language film *Shankara, Purulia, a census town in West Bengal, India See also * Sankara (other) * Sankar (other) * Shankar (other) * ''Rag Shankara, Rag Mala in Jogia'', 1990 album by Ram Narayan {{disambig, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sankar (other)
Sankar generally refers to a Hindu god, Lord Shiva, and may also refer to: People * Shankar–Ganesh (born 1943), Indian music director duo * Sankar (writer) (Mani Shankar Mukherjee, born 1933), Bengali author * Beni Sankar (born 1948), Guyanese cricketer * C. Sankar, Indian politician * Kayman Sankar (1926–2014), Guyanese rice magnate * R. Sankar (1909–1972), former Chief Minister of Kerala, India * Sankar Das Sarma (born 1953), India-born American theoretical condensed matter physicist * Sankar Basu, electrical engineer Others * Gauri Sankar, the second highest peak of the Rolwaling Himal * Sankar Cement, a brand of cement manufactured by India Cements * Sankar, Nepal, a village in Nepal * Sankar Monastery, a Buddhist monastery in Ladakh, northern India See also * Sankara (other) * Shankar (other) * Shankara (other) Shankara (also written as Sankara or Samkara, IAST ) can refer to: *Shiva, the Hindu god *Adi Shankara, 8th-century Indian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shankar Guru (other)
Shankar Guru may refer to these Indian films: * ''Shankar Guru'' (1978 film), a Kannada-language film directed by V. Somashekhar * ''Sankar Guru'' (1987 film), a Tamil-language film directed by Raja See also * Shankar (other) * Guru (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AIVV
The ''Adhyatmik Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya'' (Hindi, translates as "Spiritual Godly University". Devanagari: आध्यात्मिक ईश्वरीय विश्वविद्यालय) is a reformative splinter group within the Brahma Kumaris religious movement. Followers of the ''Adhyatmik Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya'' (AIVV) refer to themselves as the ''Prajapita Brahma Kumaris'' (PBKs) or Advance Party. The AIVV sees itself and the Brahma Kumaris Organization as two halves of the same spiritual family who will eventually re-unite to transform this world from hell into heaven, although the BKWSU does not share the same belief. The organisation is based in Kampil, Uttar Pradesh, India Beliefs Central to the PBKs' beliefs is that at the beginning of the movement, there was a different medium, Dada Lekhraj's business partner, who died in 1942, reincarnated as the AIVV's leader Virender Dev Dixit and has, since Lekhraj Kripalani's death, become once again the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shankar's Weekly
''Shankar's Weekly'' was an Indian satirical magazine published between 1948 and 1975. It was founded and run by Keshav Shankar Pillai, a pioneering political cartoonist. The magazine has been compared to the UK's '' Punch''. The weekly printed its first issue in 1948 after Pillai left the ''Hindustan Times'' following pressure from ''Times'' editor Devdas Gandhi to stop publishing cartoons critical of C. Rajagopalachari, a prominent Congress leader. The magazine was launched by Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, with whom Pillai shared a close friendship, even though Pillai described the magazine as "fundamentally anti-establishment". ''Shankar's Weekly'' became a platform for aspiring cartoonists across the country. Prominent cartoonists who published in the weekly include R K Laxman, Rajinder Puri, Kevy, Kutty, Bal Thackeray and Yesudasan. The magazine invited contributions from readers in a designated space. Many cartoonists, such as E. P. Unny, published thro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shankar's International Dolls Museum
The International Dolls Museum is a large collection of dolls in Delhi, India. It was set up by K. Shankar Pillai, a political cartoonist. Housed in the Children's Book Trust building on Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, accessed through a separate entrance, a winding staircase, leading up to a foyer. The museum has a floor area of and occupies a portion of the first floor. History K. Shankar Pillai (1902–1989), noted cartoonist, set up Children's Book Trust, a pioneering work in the field of children's literature in India, in 1957. Later, a gift of a doll from a Hungarian diplomat gave Shankar the idea of collecting dolls from countries he visited. He often held exhibitions for poor children, and at one exhibition in Delhi, among the hundreds of visitors were the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru accompanied by his daughter Indira Gandhi. Indira was inspired and together with Shankar set up an international museum for dolls, eventually materializing on 30 November 1965. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shankar Vihar
Shankar Vihar is a residential complex for serving personnel of the Indian Armed Forces and their families, provided by the Government of India. Currently there are more than 278 houses including Permanent & Temporary. It is surrounded by an airbase, open fields and scrub forests. It is located in Delhi Cantonment. Shankar Vihar houses a shopping complex. There is an Army Public School. The area is well maintained and has scenic viewpoints as well as manicured parks, gymnasiums, swimming pools and restaurants. Transport It is connected to the Deli metro with a station, the Shankar Vihar metro station The Shankar Vihar metro station is a stop on the Magenta Line of the Delhi Metro. This represents part of the third phase of development of the Delhi Metro. It was opened to public on 29 May 2018. It is the only station in the Delhi Metro ne .... References Neighbourhoods in Delhi {{Delhi-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ravi Shankar
Ravi Shankar (; born Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury, sometimes spelled as Rabindra Shankar Chowdhury; 7 April 1920 – 11 December 2012) was an Indian sitar, sitarist and composer. A sitar virtuoso, he became the world's best-known expert of Hindustani classical music, Indian classical music in the second half of the 20th century, and influenced many musicians in India and throughout the world. Shankar was awarded India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 1999. He is also the father of American singer Norah Jones and British-American musician and sitar player Anoushka Shankar. Shankar was born to a Bengalis, Bengali family in India, and spent his youth as a dancer touring India and Europe with the dance group of his brother Uday Shankar. At age 18, he gave up dancing to pursue a career in music, studying the sitar for seven years under court musician Allauddin Khan. After finishing his studies in 1944, Shankar worked as a composer, creating the music for the ''Apu Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
