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Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Age, Wife, Family, Biography, Controversy, Facts & More

BioReal NameRavi ShankarProfessionSpiritual and Humanitarian Leader Physical Stats & MoreEye ColourBlackHair ColourBlackHeightin centimeters- 165 cm
in meters- 1.65 m
in feet inches- 5’ 5”Weightin kilograms- 70 kg
in pounds- 154 lbsPersonal LifeDate of Birth13 May 1956 (Sunday)Age (as of 2024)68 YearsBirth PlacePapanasam, Thanjavur, Tamil NaduZodiac sign/Sun signTaurusNationalityIndianHometownPapanasam, Tamil Nadu, IndiaSchoolMES, Bangalore (1973)CollegeSt. Joseph's College, Bangalore (1973)Educational QualificationsDegrees In Vedic Literature And PhysicsFamilyFather- R. S. Venkat Ratnam
Mother- Visalakshi Ratnam

Brother- Not Known
Sister- Bhanumathi Narsimhan (Director of The Child and Women Welfare Activities- Art Of Living Foundation)
ReligionHinduism AddressIndia 21st KM Kanakapura Main Road, Udaypura, Bangalore South, Karnataka-560082, India
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Ravi Shankar

Indian musician and sitar player (1920–2012)

For other people named Ravi Shankar, see Ravi Shankar (disambiguation).

Ravi Shankar (Bengali pronunciation:[ˈrobiˈʃɔŋkor]; born Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury,[2] sometimes spelled as Rabindra Shankar Chowdhury;[3] 7 April 1920 – 11 December 2012) was an Indian sitarist and composer. A sitar virtuoso, he became the world's best-known expert of Indian classical music (in Sitar) in the second half of the 20th century,[4] and influenced many musicians in India and throughout the world. Shankar was awarded India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 1999. He is also the father of American singer Norah Jones and British-American musician and sitar player Anoushka Shankar.

Shankar was born to a Bengali family[5][6] in India,[7] and spent his youth as a dancer touring India and Europe with the dance group of his brother Uday Shankar. At age 18, he gave up dancing to pursue a career in music, studying the sitar for seven years under court music

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Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is a globally revered spiritual and humanitarian leader. He has spearheaded an unprecedented worldwide movement for a stress-free, violence-free society. Through a myriad of programs and teachings, a network of organizations including the Art of Living and the International Association for Human Values, and a rapidly growing presence across 180 countries, Gurudev has reached an estimated 800 million people. Gurudev has developed unique, impactful programs that empower, equip and transform individuals to tackle challenges at global, national, community and individual levels.

The Beginning

Born in 1956 in Southern India, Gurudev was a gifted child. By the age of four, he was able to recite the Bhagavad Gita, an ancient Sanskrit scripture, and was often found in meditation. He holds degrees in, both, Vedic literature and physics.

In 1982, Gurudev entered a ten-day period of silence in Shimoga located in the Indian state of Karnataka. The Sudarshan Kriya, a powerful breathing technique, was born. With time, the Sudarshan Kriya became the center-pi

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