Birth Anniversary: Rare pictures of Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar

Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar during a soul-stirring performance in 1979.

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Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar (right) is welcomed by one of his pupils on arrival from Calcutta, at Santa Cruz airport in Bombay on March 19, 1968. The maestro is accompanied by well-known tabla player Allah Rakha (centre).

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Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar with daughter Anoushka at a press conference in Mumbai on August 12, 1997.

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Renowned sitarist Pandit Ravi Shankar performs at a concert in Bombay in 1975.

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Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar (right) is presented a souvenir by National Centre for Performing Arts' trustee-in-charge J J Bhabha at Shankmukhananda hall in Bombay on April 7, 1970.

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