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Ravi Shankar strums on (1920-2012)
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Sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar has given Indian culture of one of the best gifts. The renowned musician even became a hippie musical icon of the 1960s after he introduced traditional Indian ragas to Western audiences over an eight-decade career. Here's the musical journey of the ultimate sitar maestro.
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In this Dec. 19, 2002, Indian Sitar maestro Ravi Shankar, right, and daughter Anoushka Shankar smile during a press conference in Calcutta, India. (AP Photo)
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In this Feb. 25, 2002 file photo, Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar, left, and his daughter Anoushka Shankar laugh during the shooting of a film endorsing the strengthening of Indian laws against animal cruelty in New Delhi. (AP Photo)
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In this 1967 file photo, Ravi Shankar plays his sitar in Los Angeles. (AP Photo)
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In this Aug. 3, 1967 file photo, George Harrison, of the Beatles, left, sits cross-legged with his musical mentor, Ravi Shankar, in Los Angeles, as Harrison explains to newsmen that Shankar is teaching him to play the sitar. Shankar, the sitar virtuoso who became a hippie musical icon of the 1960s after hobnobbing with the Beatles and who introduced traditional Indian ragas to Western audiences over an eight-decade career, died Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. He was 92. (AP Photo)
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Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar performs during his concert at the Vienna State Opera House in conjunction with the Jazz Festival Vienna in this July 2, 2005 file photo.
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In this photograph taken on February 25, 2004, Indian classical musician Ravi Shankar (L) and his daughter Anoushka Shankar play sitars as they perform at a function to pay tribute to Beatle George Harrison on the anniversary of his birthday in New Delhi.
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Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar performs in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata in this February 7, 2009.
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