Pandit Ravi Shankar, one of the greatest Indian musicians, passed away in San Diego city of United States on Tuesday evening. Ravi Shankar is often referred to by the title Pandit, and is an  Indian musician and composer who played the plucked string instrument sitar. Shankar was born 7 April 1920 in Varanasi to a Bengali Brahmin family as the youngest of seven brothers. Shankar's Bengali birth name was Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury. Shankar's parents had died by the time he returned from the European tour, and touring the West had become difficult due to political conflicts that would lead to World War II. For nearly three decades, ever since his first tour of the United States and Europe in the 1956-57 season, Ravi Shankar has served as India's unofficial ambassador for music.

Pandit Ravi Shankar received three Grammy Awards and was competing against his daughter Anoushka Shankar, also a sitar player, for another Grammy in 2013.