For close to a 100 years Sanjay Sharma's family has created musical instruments for legendary Indian musicians. But none more famous than sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar who died Tuesday at age 92.

Ravi Shankar and George Harrison met each other at the perfect time In the mid-1960s, George wanted someone to impress him. The Beatle had met royalty, celebrities, and some of his biggest idols ...

George Harrison and Ravi Shankar | Central Press/Getty Images In the late 1960s, George Harrison became incredibly passionate about expanding his consciousness and spirituality. He used music as a ...

What was Ravi Shankar famous for? Ravi Shankar was born in Benares, India, on April 7, 1920. He spent his childhood studying music and dance, but he gave up the latter when he turned 18. He ...

George Harrison first met Ravi Shankar in 1965, and the sitarist taught him Indian music Technically, George first heard Indian music while his mother was pregnant with him.

A Life in Music Ravi Shankar was born in Varanasi, India on April 7, 1920 and spent his youth performing across Europe and India as a member of his brother Uday's dance troupe. He gave up dancing in ...

NEW DELHI – 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 … ...

Ravi Shankar passed away this week at the age of 92. ... But there is a tension in much of the music most obviously derived from Shankar's, a sometimes lazy attempt to be exotic.

For more than 50 years, Ravi Shankar has been the man responsible for bringing Indian classical music to the West. Hear Shankar, in conversation, as he reminisces on his life and explains the ...

Ravi Shankar took Indian classical music to world stages and introduced the sitar to Western audiences. His influence can still be felt today, 100 years after his birth.