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Shankar was born on 7 April 1920 in Benares (now Varanasi), then the capital of the eponymous princely state, in a Bengali Hindu family, as the youngest of seven brothers. [3] [8] [9] His father, Shyam Shankar Chowdhury, was a Middle Temple barrister and scholar who was originally from Jessore district in Bengal (now Narail district, Bangladesh).
Ravi Shankar (born 13 May 1956) is an Indian guru [1] and spiritual leader. He is also referred to as Sri Sri or Gurudev . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] From around the mid 1970s, he worked as an apprentice under Maharishi Mahesh Yogi , the founder of Transcendental Meditation .
On 15 May 1941, Annapurna Devi converted to Hinduism and married fellow pupil, Ravi Shankar, at the behest of Shankar's eldest brother Uday Shankar. Ravi Shankar would go on to become a world famous musician on his own right. [2] [10] They had a son, Shubhendra Shankar (1942–1992), who was a graphic artist and also a musician. [11] [10] They ...
Satsang held by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar at the Vishalakshi Mantap. The center was established in 1986 near Bangalore , India , by Ravi Shankar to offer a base for the Art of Living Foundation . [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
Ustad Alla Rakha Qureshi [1] (29 April 1919 – 3 February 2000) was an Indian tabla player who specialised in Hindustani classical music.Widely revered as one of history's most iconic players of the tabla, [2] he was a frequent accompanist of sitar player Pandit Ravi Shankar and was largely responsible for introducing tabla to the Western audience.
Pandit Ravi Shankar, the famous sitar player and musicologist who was given Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award of the country was a native of Varanasi. [8] Ustad Bismillah Khan , an iconic Shehnai maestro who was also honored with the Bharat Ratna also came from Varanasi. [ 1 ]
The following is the filmography of Indian actor, dubbing artist, director and writer P. Ravi Shankar (also known as Sai Ravi). He has dubbed more than 3,500 films. He has dubbed more than 3,500 films.
In 1945, while working in Mumbai with the Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA), the sitarist Pandit Ravi Shankar was asked to compose the music for the K. A. Abbas film Dharti Ke Lal and the Chetan Anand movie Neecha Nagar. During this time, Ravi Shankar was asked to compose music for the song "Saare Jahan se Accha".