Famous pals: The sitar guru and the Beatle

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Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar and George Harrison of The Beatles began as mentor and student, and ended up close pals. They met in London and George Harrison then spent six weeks in India with Pandit Ravi Shankar learning to play the sitar.

In this photo, George Harrison sits cross-legged with his mentor Pandit Ravi Shankar in Los Angeles.