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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).
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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 .
Collaborations is a four-disc compilation box set by the Indian classical musician Ravi Shankar and the former Beatle George Harrison.Released in October 2010 on Dark Horse Records, it compiles two studio albums originally issued on that label – the long-unavailable Shankar Family & Friends (1974) and Ravi Shankar's Music Festival from India (1976) – and Chants of India, first issued on ...
Shubhendra Shankar (30 March 1942 – 15 September 1992 [1] [2]), also known as Shubho Shankar, was an Indian graphic artist, musician and composer. He was the only son of musicians Annapurna Devi and Ravi Shankar .
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 ...
Tanmoy Bose, whose name is often preceded by the title Pandit (Master), is an Indian percussionist and tabla player, musical producer, film actor and composer. He has collaborated with Pandit Ravi Shankar, Anoushka Shankar and Amjad Ali Khan, and created the musical group The Taal Tantra Experience in 2002.
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 ]