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=== Other honours and tributes === * 1997 [[Interfaith Center of New York|James Parks Morton Interfaith Award]] * American jazz saxophonist [[John Coltrane]] named his son [[Ravi Coltrane]] after Shankar.<ref>{{cite news|last=Watrous|first=Peter|title=Pop Review; Just Music, No Oedipal Problems|work=The New York Times|date=16 June 1998|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/06/16/arts/pop-review-just-music-no-oedipal-problems.html|access-date=26 September 2010|archive-date=15 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515082341/http://www.nytimes.com/1998/06/16/arts/pop-review-just-music-no-oedipal-problems.html|url-status=live}}</ref> * On 7 April 2016 (his 96th birthday), Google published a Google Doodle to honour his work.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOnicTvtiTA |title=- YouTube |website=[[YouTube]] |access-date=6 April 2016 |archive-date=11 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011193823/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOnicTvtiTA |url-status=live }}</ref> Google commented: "Shankar evangelized the use of Indian instruments in Western music, introducing the atmospheric hum of the sitar to audiences worldwide. Shankar's music popularized the fundamentals of Indian music, including raga, a melodic form and widely influenced popular music in the 1960s and 70s.".<ref>{{cite web | title=Ravi Shankar's 96th Birthday | website=Google | date=7 April 2016 | url=https://www.google.com/doodles/ravi-shankars-96th-birthday| access-date=9 April 2019}}{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> * In September 2014, a postage stamp featuring Shankar was released by [[India Post]] commemorating his contributions.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Govind |first=Ranjani |date=3 September 2014 |title=Four of eight commemorative stamps feature musical legends from State |language=en-IN |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/four-of-eight-commemorative-stamps-feature-musical-legends-from-state/article6376803.ece |access-date=22 December 2022 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
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