harrison, a member of the beatles, studied the sitar in india.
which member of the beatles studied the sitar in india?
harrison
harrison is recognised as having introduced the sitar to pop music due to the beatles' popularity and cultural influence. he first picked up a sitar on the set of the beatles' 1965 film "help!", and then purchased one of his own following a discussion about indian classical music with david crosby and roger mcguinn of the byrds in august 1965. harrison went on to write and record "love you to" for the beatles' 1966 album "revolver" as an indian-style track featuring sitar, tambura and tabla. the following year, he wrote "within you without you" in the full indian classical style and recorded it with musicians from the asian music circle for inclusion on the beatles' "sgt. pepper's lonely hearts club band". from june 1966, he became a student of indian sitarist ravi shankar and subsequently studied in india with shankar and the latter's protégé shambhu das. in addition to introducing other indian instrumentation on the beatles' recordings over 1966–68, harrison played sitar and tambura on "tomorrow never knows" and "across the universe".
sitar in popular music
beatles ashram, also known as chaurasi kutia, is an ashram close to the north indian city of rishikesh in the state of uttarakhand. it is located on the eastern bank of the ganges river, opposite the muni ki reti area of rishikesh, in the foothills of the himalayas. during the 1960s and 1970s, as the international academy of meditation, it was the training centre for students of maharishi mahesh yogi, who devised the transcendental meditation technique. the ashram gained international attention between february and april 1968 when the english rock band the beatles studied meditation there, along with celebrities such as donovan, mia farrow and mike love. it was the setting for the band's most productive period as songwriters, where they composed most of the songs for their self-titled double album, also known as the "white album".
beatles ashram