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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Sitar maestro Ravi Shankar passes away at age 92


Legendary musician, Pandit Ravi Shankar passed in San Diego

on Tuesday. He was 92. The musician was admitted to the Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla last Thursday after he complained of breathing difficulties. 


He breathed his last at 4.30 p.m. 

The sitar exponent, perhaps could be called India`s musical ambassador and was responsible for making Indian classical music popular in the West. He had collaborated with several international artists including George Harrison of ‘The Beatles’ which had garnered him fame and adulation all over the world. 

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