Ravi Shankar ( born April 7 , 1920 ) is one of India 's most famous musicians . Shankar was one the first to bring aspects of traditional Indian music into Europe and American culture in the 1960s . Shankar 's association with Harrison greatly increased Shankar 's popularity and Ken Hunt of Allmusic would state that Shankar had become `` the most famous Indian musician on the planet '' by 1966 .