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FILE - In this July 19, 2005 file photo, Indian musician Ravi Shankar performs during the opening day of the Paleo Festival, in Nyon, Switzerland. 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, died Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. He was 92. (AP Photo/Keystone, Sandro Campardo, File)
(FILES) In this photograph taken on February 25, 2004, Indian classical musician Ravi Shankar plays a sittar at a function to pay tribute to Beatle George Harrison on the anniversary of his birthday in New Delhi. Indian sitar musician Ravi Shankar has died at the age of 92 in San Diego where he had travelled to undergo surgery, the CNN-IBN television news channel said in New Delhi on December 12, 2012. Shankar was a leading performer and composer of sitar music and was celebrated for popularising classical Indian music around the world, working with many Western artists including George Harrison from the Beatles. AFP PHOTO/RAVEENDRAN/FILESRAVI RAVEENDRAN/AFP/Getty Images
(FILES) In this photograph taken on February 7, 2009, Indian sitar maestro Ravi Shankar (R) gestures while his daughter Anoushka Shankar (L, background) looks on during a performance at The Dover Lane Music Conference in Kolkata. According to reports on Indian television channels on December 12, 2012, Ravi Shankar has died aged 92 in San Diego, California. AFP PHOTO/Deshakalyan CHOWDHURY/FILESDESHAKALYAN CHOWDHURY/AFP/Getty Images
(FILES) In this photograph taken on February 25, 2004, Indian classical musician Ravi Shankar (L) and his daughter Anoushka Shankar play sittars as they perform at a function to pay tribute to Beatle George Harrison on the anniversary of his birthday in New Delhi. Indian sitar musician Ravi Shankar has died at the age of 92 in San Diego where he had travelled to undergo surgery, the CNN-IBN television news channel said in New Delhi on December 12, 2012. Shankar was a leading performer and composer of sitar music and was celebrated for popularising classical Indian music around the world, working with many Western artists including George Harrison from the Beatles. AFP PHOTO/RAVEENDRAN/FILESRAVI RAVEENDRAN/AFP/Getty Images
(FILES) In this photograph taken on February 7, 2009, Indian sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar performs at the Dover Lane Music Conference in Kolkata. According to reports on Indian television channels on December 12, 2012, Ravi Shankar has died aged 92 in San Diego, California. AFP PHOTO/Deshakalyan CHOWDHURY/FILESDESHAKALYAN CHOWDHURY/AFP/Getty Images
FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2012 file photo, Indian musician Ravi Shankar laughs as he speaks during a concert in Bangalore, 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. He was 92. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi, File)
FILE - In this 1967 file photo, Ravi Shankar plays his sitar in Los Angeles. 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, died Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. He was 92. (AP Photo, File)
FILE - 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. 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, died Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. He was 92. (AP File Photo)
NEW DELHI — With an instrument perplexing to most Westerners, Ravi Shankar helped connect the world through music. The sitar virtuoso hobnobbed with the Beatles, became a hippie musical icon and spearheaded the first rock benefit concert as he introduced traditional Indian ragas to Western …