Photo gallery: Indian sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar dies at 92
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Indian sitar maestro Ravi Shankar performs at the Dover Lane Music Conference in Kolkata on Feb 7, 2009. -- PHOTO: AFP
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In this photograph taken on Feb 7, 2009, Indian sitar maestro Ravi Shankar (right) gestures while his daughter Anoushka Shankar looks on during a performance at The Dover Lane Music Conference in Kolkata. -- PHOTO: AFP
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In this photograph taken on Feb 25, 2004, Indian classical musician Ravi Shankar (left) and his daughter Anoushka Shankar play sitars as they perform at a function to pay tribute to Beatle George Harrison on the anniversary of his birthday in New Delhi. -- PHOTO: AFP
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In this Aug 3, 1967, file photo, George Harrison of the Beatles (left) sits cross-legged with his musical mentor, Ravi Shankar of India, in Los Angeles, as Harrison explains to newsmen that Shankar is teaching him to play the sitar. -- PHOTO: AP
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In this Feb 25, 2002 file photo, sitar maestro Ravi Shankar (left) and his daughter Anoushka Shankar laugh during the shooting of a film endorsing the strengthening of Indian laws against animal cruelty in New Delhi. -- PHOTO: AP
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In this Dec 19, 2002, Indian sitar maestro Ravi Shankar (right) and daughter Anoushka Shankar smile during a press conference in Kolkata, India. Shankar, the sitar virtuoso who became a hippie musical icon of the 1960s after hobnobbing with the Beatles and who introduced traditional Indian ragas to Western audiences over an eight-decade career, has died. -- PHOTO: AP
Indian sitar maestro Ravi Shankar performs at the Dover Lane Music Conference in Kolkata on Feb 7, 2009. -- PHOTO: AFP
In this photograph taken on Feb 7, 2009, Indian sitar maestro Ravi Shankar (right) gestures while his daughter Anoushka Shankar looks on during a performance at The Dover Lane Music Conference in Kolkata. -- PHOTO: AFP
In this photograph taken on Feb 25, 2004, Indian classical musician Ravi Shankar (left) and his daughter Anoushka Shankar play sitars as they perform at a function to pay tribute to Beatle George Harrison on the anniversary of his birthday in New Delhi. -- PHOTO: AFP
In this Aug 3, 1967, file photo, George Harrison of the Beatles (left) sits cross-legged with his musical mentor, Ravi Shankar of India, in Los Angeles, as Harrison explains to newsmen that Shankar is teaching him to play the sitar. -- PHOTO: AP
In this Feb 25, 2002 file photo, sitar maestro Ravi Shankar (left) and his daughter Anoushka Shankar laugh during the shooting of a film endorsing the strengthening of Indian laws against animal cruelty in New Delhi. -- PHOTO: AP
In this Dec 19, 2002, Indian sitar maestro Ravi Shankar (right) and daughter Anoushka Shankar smile during a press conference in Kolkata, India. Shankar, the sitar virtuoso who became a hippie musical icon of the 1960s after hobnobbing with the Beatles and who introduced traditional Indian ragas to Western audiences over an eight-decade career, has died. -- PHOTO: AP
NEW DELHI (AP) - Ravi Shankar, the sitar virtuoso who became a hippie musical icon of the 1960s after hobnobbing with the Beatles and who introduced traditional Indian ragas to Western audiences over an eight-decade career, has died. He was 92.
The prime minister's office confirmed his death and called him a "national treasure."
