Kamala Shankar (born 5 December 1966) is an Indian classical musician specializing in the Gharana tradition.
She has created her own instrument, a custom version of a Hawaiian slide guitar that she calls the Shankar slide guitar.
[1][3][4] Shankar founded the Shakara Arts Foundation in 2007, and she holds a doctorate degree from Banaras Hindu University.
[4] She received the Kumar Gandharva Samman award from the government of Madhya Pradesh in 2013.
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