New Delhi, Feb. 27 -- The Ravi Shankar Centre has issued an official statement addressing public claims about sitarist Rishabh Rikhiram Sharma's connection with the late maestro Ravi Shankar, clarifying that several reports suggesting a formal guru-disciple relationship are inaccurate.
According to the Centre, on January 3, 2012, Sharma participated in an informal string-tying event with the legendary sitarist at the Centre in New Delhi. The statement emphasized that the occasion was not a formal "Ganda-Bandhan Ceremony" in the traditional sense and described it as entirely impromptu.
However, it clarified that the event was not conducted as a formal "Ganda-Bandhan Ceremony" according to traditional custom and was "entirely impromptu."The...