Images: Rare photos of sitar maestro Ravi Shankar

[caption id=“attachment_554358” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Ravi Shankar, the Indian composer and sitar player pictured playing his sitar on 31 May, 1966. Getty Images[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_554360” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Singer-songwriter George Harrison, former member of The Beatles, at the Royal Festival Hall with Indian sitar maestro Ravi Shankar. Getty Images[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_554361” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Indian musician and composer Ravi Shankar (left) playing a sitar in a concert with tabla player Alla Rakha and tanpura player Prodyot Sen, 15th October 1958. Erich Auerbach/Hulton Archive/Getty Images[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_554364” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Indian sitar maestro Pundit Ravi Shankar laughs with his daughter sitar player Anoushka Shankar as they sit beside sheep in New Delhi February 25, 2002. The two artists were promoting an end to cruelty towards animals. Reuters[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_554365” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Sitar maestro Ravi Shankar (R) kisses Masoom, a two-and-a-half month old goat rescued from an abattoir, as his wife Sukanya Shankar looks on during a news conference in Bombay April 1, 2004. Reuters[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_554366” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] American violinist Yehudi Menuhin examining a sitar owned by Indian musician Ravi Shankar. Getty Images[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_554367” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Musician Ravi Shankar (R) and daughter Anoushka Shankar arrive for a screening of “Concert for George”, a new documentary film celebrating the music of George Harrison. Reuters[/caption]