Indian sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar dies at 92 (Photo: Jayanta Shaw / Reuters, file) With an instrument perplexing to most Westerners, Ravi Shankar helped connect the world through music. The sitar virtuoso hobnobbed with the Beatles, became a hippie musical icon and spearheaded the first rock benefit concert as he introduced traditional Indian ragas to Western audiences over nearly a century. Read the complete story.
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Indian sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar dies at 92

(Photo: Jayanta Shaw / Reuters, file)

With an instrument perplexing to most Westerners, Ravi Shankar helped connect the world through music. The sitar virtuoso hobnobbed with the Beatles, became a hippie musical icon and spearheaded the first rock benefit concert as he introduced traditional Indian ragas to Western audiences over nearly a century.

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    legendary musician pandit ravi shankar is no more…..with us…very sad….
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