Ex-Beatle's widow lauds Ravi Shankar at US memorial
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Daughter Anoushka Shankar speaks at memorial services for sitar legend Ravi Shankar in Encinitas, California on Dec 20, 2012. Shankar died on Dec 11 at the age of 92.-- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Olivia Harrison, the widow of George Harrison, speaks during a memorial service for Indian Sitar maestro Ravi Shankar in Encinitas, California , on Thursday, Dec 20, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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White roses are handed out to attendees for the Ravi Shankar memorial at the Self Realization Fellowship grounds in Encinitas on Dec 20, 2012 in California. -- PHOTO: AFP -
People wait to enter the Self Realization Fellowship grounds for the Ravi Shankar Memorial in Encinitas, California on Dec 20, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Indian Sitar maestro Ravi Shankar's wife Sukanya Rajan, left, is comforted by conductor Zubin Mehta during a memorial service for Ravi Shankar in Encinitas, California, on Thursday, Dec 20, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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Volunteers with the Sri Chinmoy Centre distribute flowers to guests before memorial services for sitar legend Ravi Shankar in Encinitas, California on Dec 20, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Hundreds of mourners gathered at memorial services for sitar legend Ravi Shankar in Encinitas, California on Dec 20, 2012. Shankar died on Dec 11 at the age of 92. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Son-in-law Joe Wright speaks at memorial services for sitar legend Ravi Shankar in Encinitas, California on Dec 20, 2012. Shankar died on Dec 11 at the age of 92. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Family members address the crowd during memorial services for sitar legend Ravi Shankar in Encinitas, California on Dec 20, 2012. Shankar died on Dec 11 at the age of 92. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Daughters Norah Jones (left), Anoushka Shankar and wife Sukanya Rajan leave memorial services for sitar legend Ravi Shankar in Encinitas, California on Dec 20, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Indian Sitar maestro Ravi Shankar's wife Sukanya Rajan, third from right, is joined by daughter Anoushka Shankar, second from right, stepdaughter Norah Jones, center, and other family members during a memorial service for Ravi Shankar in Encinitas, California, on Thursday, Dec 20, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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Indian Sitar maestro Ravi Shankar's wife Sukanya Rajan, right, daughter Anoushka Shankar, centre, and stepdaughter Norah Jones, left, leave after a memorial service for Indian Sitar maestro Ravi Shankar in Encinitas, California, on Thursday, Dec 20, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
Daughter Anoushka Shankar speaks at memorial services for sitar legend Ravi Shankar in Encinitas, California on Dec 20, 2012. Shankar died on Dec 11 at the age of 92.-- PHOTO: REUTERS
Olivia Harrison, the widow of George Harrison, speaks during a memorial service for Indian Sitar maestro Ravi Shankar in Encinitas, California , on Thursday, Dec 20, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
White roses are handed out to attendees for the Ravi Shankar memorial at the Self Realization Fellowship grounds in Encinitas on Dec 20, 2012 in California. -- PHOTO: AFP
People wait to enter the Self Realization Fellowship grounds for the Ravi Shankar Memorial in Encinitas, California on Dec 20, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
Indian Sitar maestro Ravi Shankar's wife Sukanya Rajan, left, is comforted by conductor Zubin Mehta during a memorial service for Ravi Shankar in Encinitas, California, on Thursday, Dec 20, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
Volunteers with the Sri Chinmoy Centre distribute flowers to guests before memorial services for sitar legend Ravi Shankar in Encinitas, California on Dec 20, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Hundreds of mourners gathered at memorial services for sitar legend Ravi Shankar in Encinitas, California on Dec 20, 2012. Shankar died on Dec 11 at the age of 92. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Son-in-law Joe Wright speaks at memorial services for sitar legend Ravi Shankar in Encinitas, California on Dec 20, 2012. Shankar died on Dec 11 at the age of 92. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Family members address the crowd during memorial services for sitar legend Ravi Shankar in Encinitas, California on Dec 20, 2012. Shankar died on Dec 11 at the age of 92. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Daughters Norah Jones (left), Anoushka Shankar and wife Sukanya Rajan leave memorial services for sitar legend Ravi Shankar in Encinitas, California on Dec 20, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Indian Sitar maestro Ravi Shankar's wife Sukanya Rajan, third from right, is joined by daughter Anoushka Shankar, second from right, stepdaughter Norah Jones, center, and other family members during a memorial service for Ravi Shankar in Encinitas, California, on Thursday, Dec 20, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
Indian Sitar maestro Ravi Shankar's wife Sukanya Rajan, right, daughter Anoushka Shankar, centre, and stepdaughter Norah Jones, left, leave after a memorial service for Indian Sitar maestro Ravi Shankar in Encinitas, California, on Thursday, Dec 20, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
ENCINITAS, California (AFP) - Former Beatle George Harrison's widow Olivia joined hundreds of fans and family of Ravi Shankar on Thursday at an open-air memorial to the Indian sitar legend near his California home.
Anoushka Shankar, daughter of the late musician who died last week near San Diego, read out tributes about her father from fellow artists at the service in a palm tree-lined meditation center.
Grammy-winning singer Norah Jones, Shankar's daughter from an affair with a US concert producer, was dressed in black and kept a low profile at the memorial in Encinitas, up the coast from San Diego.
Harrison, whose late husband learned sitar from Shankar and collaborated with him notably on the ground-breaking Concert for Bangladesh in 1971, said the former Beatle had learned so much from their friendship.
