Sankar

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
 * Ponnar Sankar, an epic poem in the Tamil language
 * 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