#ravi shankar

[harrisonarchive]

Photo from Raga Mala.

In 2014, CooperOwen auctioned some of George’s handwritten notes for what appears to have been the then-planned tour film/documentary. (Some footage from the tour can be seen in the documentary Living In The Material World.) These notes — as seen in a preview image of the auction listing — give an interesting insight into George’s view of the tour: “Voice overs (re-write) 16 to 14 I assembled musicians I knew and respected — Andy Newmark drummer Jim Keltner - drummer Willie Weeks - bass Ravi Shankar - the man who brought the sitar and Indian music to the world - with Alla Rakha and 15 great Indian musicians and singers. Perhaps, in a strange way, it was the critics that helped bring the band closer together….. We certainly weren’t that together for the first couple of weeks. The audiences may have come to see and hear George Harrison - an ex Beatle - Instead I was just another musician up on the stage - I suppose that confused some of the audience - but in spite of pressures - internal and external - we tried to continued as planned - tho during the tour Ravi was taken to hospital with an alleged heart attack - which made me realise we don’t control ‘the plan.’ All of us were deeply concerned for Ravi’s health - and the effect his absence would have on the spirit of the tour -"

[thaern]

One of the many reasons to why George is my favourite musician and artist is the fact that even when he was raised in a small town with many closed thoughts he didn't let that or even the fame construct a image of him as utterly masculine and stereotypical, with his friends (different from Paul) for him showing love to everyone being physically close to them or hugging them no matter the gender, was something normal, a simple act of love.

Just like Olivia once said, George had romantic relationships with all of his friends because he was so full of it that it didn't scared him to show it, being making presents or just giving a hug, he did not let the fragile masculinity and conservative speech stop him from being himself.

And that, for a man raised in the late 50s is something to admire

[davidhudson]

Ravi Shankar, April 7, 1920 – December 11, 2012.

[okhumbug0]

fav genre of photo fr (george harrison with sitar).

[georgeharrisonsmiling]

[lisamarie-vee]

[sivavakkiyar]

IMO if you’re interested in instrumental ICM/Hindustani music but are intimidated there probably isn’t a better intro than Ravi Shankar’s Improvisations & Theme From Pather Panchali. When you get hooked on that one you can do Three Ragas and bam there it is

[dbp]

Ravi, Olivia and George

[lillyli-74]

Witch Of The Blood Rose by Ravi Shankar

[kamala-laxman]

Sound when stretched is music. Movement, when stretched, is dance. Mind when stretched is meditation. Life when stretched is celebration." Ravi Shankar

[harrisonarchive]

Press conference, July 27, 1971. Footage courtesy of AP.

“The war had been going on for a bit, and I had hardly even heard of it, so he fed me a lot of newspaper articles about it. He was saying, “I’m going to have to do something to help. Attract a bit of attention to it, raise a bit of money, much more than I could make doing my own concert, maybe like ten or twenty thousand dollars.’That for him was like doing a big one. And so I got involved. The priority was to attract world attention to what was going on. It wasn’t so much the money because you can feed somebody today and tomorrow they will still be hungry, but if they are getting massacred you’ve got to try and stop that first of all.I said, ‘Okay, I’ll go on the show and I’ll get some other people to come and help. We’ll try and make it into a big show, and maybe we can make a million dollars instead of a few thousand.’ So I got on the telephone trying to round people up. We pinpointed the days which were astrologically good, and we found Madison Square Garden was open on one of those days — 1st August.” - George Harrison, Raga Mala “George Harrison was a very powerful and influential man, and a good friend of Bangladesh. I was in the war, fighting on the front against the Pakistani Army. We had only a one-band radio and that was for getting information from the outside world. After liberation, we came to know that a concert for Bangladesh had been held in Madison Square Garden. That concert acted like a catalyst. The U.S. government did not support Bangladesh, but we got the people’s support, and that concert helped a lot.” - Mahbubul Alam, Los Angeles Post Examiner, December 5, 2013 “George Harrison brought the attention of the world to what was happening in Bangladesh during the independence war because of his concert on behalf of the country in New York in 1971. Without his effort, much of the suffering endured by the Bangladeshi people at the time would have gone unnoticed. Millions were killed, made into refugees or raped.” - Masood Sobhan, BBC, December 11, 2008 “We felt the magnitude of this act of private individuals reached so many people and moved the whole Bangladesh tragedy into the public consciousness before even the governments were willing to face up to it. The world was looking on in stunned horror, not doing anything about it, when Ravi and George drove it into their minds, particularly the young people’s. Why, they even inspired us to get… to work. You should have seen how what they did affected even the people at UNICEF." - Paul B. Edwards, New York Post, June 2, 1972, via UNICEF Archives (x)

[mysticalblizzardcolor]

Krishna, why You are speaking to me?" Why specifically was Bhagavad-gita spoken to Arjuna? Krishna's reply is, bhakto 'si: "The only qualification is that you are My devotee. That's all."

Raga Gara ~Pandit Ravi Shankar ~Sitar

[santmat]

George Harrison's Spirituality & Music - Beatles and Eastern Influences: https://youtu.be/6jm3a_Gvc5g?si=3dERNsMUelZ8_qBY

"Dive deep into the life of George Harrison, the legendary Beatle, and discover the profound influence of spirituality on his music. In this video, we explore how George's quest for spiritual enlightenment shaped his songwriting and personal life. From his embrace of Indian culture and the sitar to his collaborations with spiritual figures and his devotion to the Hare Krishna movement, witness the harmonious blend of his spiritual journey with his musical genius."

I believe the host of the channel, Filip Holm, is a Sufi. His documentaries are always impressively thorough, with this one even mentioning Swami Vivekananda, Yogananda, and the Vaishnava tradition. A great exploration of the Beatles, Ravi Shankar, and the various eastern influences.

[mahgnib]

Ravi Shankar and his daughter Anoushka Shankar

[circleofshit]

[harrisongslimited]

George Picture of the Day 10-6-24

George and Ravi sharing a very warm hug on stage. I wouldn't mind a hug like that!

thank you to owner.