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Vikku Vinayakram
aka T.H. Vinayakram
- From
- Chennai, India
- Since
- 1942–present
- Releases
- 5
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Thetakudi Harihara Vinayakram (born 11 August 1942), also known as Vikku Vinayakram, is an Indian percussionist. He is also known as the God of ghatam. He plays Carnatic music with the ghatam, an earthen pot, and is credited with popularising the ghatam.
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He was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2002, and later the 2012 Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship, the highest honour in the performing arts conferred by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama. In 2014 he was awarded the Padma Bhushan. He won Grammy award in 1991 for his work on Mickey Hart's album Planet Drum.
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- ghatam
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- e54fe64c-abdc-4f25-958e-fbc747fd01d2
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- 0000000077323028
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 10 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.