Ravi Shankar

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ravi Shankar
Occupation	Guru
Date Of Birth	May 13, 1956(1956-05-13)
Age	68
Birthplace	Thanjavur district
Country	India
Birth City	Thanjavur district
Horoscope	Taurus

Ravi Shankar Biography

Ravi Shankar is one of the most popular and richest Guru who was born on May 13, 1956 in Thanjavur district, Thanjavur district, India. Ravi Shankar (born 13 May 1956) is an Indian spiritual leader. He is frequently referred to as “Sri Sri” (honorific), Guru ji, or Gurudev. He founded the Art of Living Foundation in 1981, a volunteer-based NGO providing social support to the people. In 1997, he established a Geneva-based charity, the International Association for Human Values, an NGO that engages in relief work and rural development.

He visited Pakistan in 2004 on a goodwill mission and again in 2012 when he inaugurated Art of Living centers in Islamabad and Karachi. The Islamabad centre was burned down by armed men in March 2014.

Ravi Shankar is involved in interfaith dialogue and currently sits on the Board of World Religious Leaders for the Elijah Interfaith Institute. Through interfaith summits in 2008 and 2010, he has been engaging faith-based leaders for collective action against HIV. In July 2013 at a meeting in UNAIDS headquarters in Geneva, issues including HIV prevention, gender based violence, stigma and discrimination were discussed.

In 2009, Shankar was named by Forbes magazine as the fifth most powerful leader in India.

In 1992, he started a prison programme to rehabilitate prison inmates and help them reintegrate into society.

Ravi Shankar Net Worth

Ravi Shankar is one of the richest Guru from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ravi Shankar 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In the 1980s, Shankar initiated a series of practical and experiential courses in spirituality around the globe. He says that his rhythmic breathing practice, Sudarshan Kriya, came to him in 1982, “like a poem, an inspiration,” after a ten-day period of silence on the banks of the Bhadra River in Shimoga, in the state of Karnataka, adding, “I learned it and started teaching it”.

In 1983, Shankar held the first Art of Living course in Switzerland. In 1986, he travelled to Apple Valley, California in the US to conduct the first course to be held in North America.

During his visits to Iraq, at the invitation of Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki, in 2007 and again in 2008, he met with political and religious leaders to promote global peace. In November 2014, Ravi Shankar visited the relief camps in Erbil, Iraq. He also hosted a conference to address the dire condition of Yazidis and other non-Muslims in the region.

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In September 2017, at the “Strength in Diversity – North East Indigenous People’s Conference”, Ravi Shankar claimed that another 500 militants were waiting to “lay down weapons and join the peace process”. The conference was attended by representatives from 67 rebel outfits from the Northeast. Expressing his willingness to facilitate the peaceful transition of any rebel group wanting to join the mainstream, Ravi Shankar claimed that his organization has been working for this for the last 10–12 years and “will continue to work until the last gun is laid down”. Former ULFA General Secretary, Anup Chetia, who was also the convenor of the conference, appreciated Ravi Shankar’s interest and efforts for peace in the region.

Facts & Trivia

Ravi Ranked on the list of most popular Guru. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Ravi Shankar celebrates birthday on May 13 of every year.

In March 2019, he was appointed by the Supreme Court of India to a 3-member mediation committee tasked with finding a resolution for the case in 8 weeks.

Did Ravi Shankar play with the Beatles?

Pandit Ravi Shankar, the legend of Indian Classical Music, was the virtuoso sitar maestro who introduced Indian classical music to the world and inspired the Sixties ‘psychedelic’ sound through his collaboration with The Beatles. His close relationship with Harrison, shot Shankar to global stardom in the 1960s.

What is Ravi Shankar famous for?

Ravi Shankar, in full Ravindra Shankar Chowdhury, (born April 7, 1920, Benares [now Varanasi], India—died December 11, 2012, San Diego, California, U.S.), Indian musician, player of the sitar, composer, and founder of the National Orchestra of India , who was influential in stimulating Western appreciation of Indian …

Who invented sitar?

It was also theorized in Muslim tradition, that the sitar was invented, or rather developed by Amir Khusrow ( c. 1253–1325), a famous Sufi inventor, poet and pioneer of Khyal, Tarana and Qawwali, during the 13th century.

Who taught George Harrison to sitar?

A year later, Harrison travelled to India to learn how to play the instrument under the renowned sitar maestro Ravi Shankar. In an interview with the BBC’s Mark Tully in April 2000, Shankar said when he first heard Harrison playing the sitar in Norwegian Wood, he was not impressed.

Who played sitar on Beatles?

A sitar owned and played by George Harrison has been sold for $62,500 (£46,581) in the United States. The instrument, purchased from a shop on London’s Oxford Street in 1965, was used by Harrison during the recording of the Beatles song Norwegian Wood.