Vikku Vinayakram
Ghatam Master
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 popularizing the ghatam.
He was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2002, and later the 2012 Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship, the highest honor 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.
Vikku is on two X DOT 25 Music albums. Over the Stars with L. Shankar and Journey on the Strings by Habib Khan.
