Lakshmi Shankar

Lakshmi Shankar was an Indian singer and a noted Hindustani classical. Born into a south Indian Hindu family, she became an outstanding Hindustani vocalist of the Patiala Gharana and married Rajendra Shankar, brother of Uday Shankar, a Bengali by birth. She was known for her performances of khyal, thumri, and bhajan. She was the sister-in-law of sitar player Ravi Shankar and the mother-in-law of violinist L. Subramaniam. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakshmi...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)