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, 1933–2026), Bengali author Beni Sankar (born 1948), Guyanese cricketer C. Sankar, Indian politician Kayman Sankar (1926–2014), Guyanese rice magnate R. Sankar (1909–1972), 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 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
See also Sankara (disambiguation) Shankar (disambiguation) Shankara (disambiguation)