Editing Ravi Shankar (section)

== Personal life and family ==
In 1941, Shankar married [[Annapurna Devi]] (Roshanara Khan), daughter of musician  [[Allauddin Khan]]. Their son, [[Shubhendra Shankar|Shubhendra "Shubho" Shankar]], was born in 1942.<ref name=Lavezzolip52 /> He separated from Devi in 1962 and continued a relationship with dancer [[Kamala Shastri]], a relationship that had begun in the late 1940s.<ref name="PTI030513">{{cite web|title=Hard to say no to free love: Ravi Shankar|work=Press Trust of India|publisher=[[Rediff.com]]|date=13 May 2003|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2003/may/13ravi.htm|access-date=18 July 2009|archive-date=23 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023171327/http://www.rediff.com/news/2003/may/13ravi.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

An affair with Sue Jones, a New York concert producer, led to the birth of [[Norah Jones]] in 1979.<ref name="PTI030513" /> He separated from Shastri in 1981 and lived with Jones until 1986.

He began an affair in 1978 with married [[tanpura]] player Sukanya Rajan, whom he had known since 1972,<ref name="PTI030513" /> which led to the birth of their daughter [[Anoushka Shankar]] in 1981. In 1989, he married Sukanya Rajan at [[Chilkur Temple]] in [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Balaji-temple-in-Hyderabad-was-stage-for-Pandit-Ravi-Shankars-secret-wedding/articleshow/17593798.cms |title=Balaji temple in Hyderabad was stage for Pandit Ravi Shankar's secret wedding |work=The Times of India |date=13 December 2012 |access-date=13 December 2012 |archive-date=13 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121213140713/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Balaji-temple-in-Hyderabad-was-stage-for-Pandit-Ravi-Shankars-secret-wedding/articleshow/17593798.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>

Shankar's son, Shubhendra, often accompanied him on tours.<ref name="LAT920921">{{cite news|last=Lindgren|first=Kristina|title=Shubho Shankar Dies After Long Illness at 50|work=Los Angeles Times|date=21 September 1992|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/61210384.html?FMT=ABS|access-date=31 August 2009|archive-date=5 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605024628/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/61210384.html?FMT=ABS|url-status=dead}}</ref> He could play the ''sitar'' and ''surbahar'', but elected not to pursue a solo career. Shubhendra died of pneumonia in 1992.<ref name="LAT920921" />

[[Ananda Shankar]], the experimental fusion musician, is his nephew.

His daughter [[Norah Jones]] became a successful musician, winning five Grammy Awards in 2003<ref name="Venugopal">{{cite news|last=Venugopal|first=Bijoy|title=Norah's night at the Grammys|work=Rediff.com|date=24 February 2003|url=http://www.rediff.com/us/2003/feb/24grammy.htm|access-date=5 November 2009|archive-date=24 July 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724194306/http://www.rediff.com/us/2003/feb/24grammy.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> and overall ten Grammy Awards as of 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Norah Jones {{!}} Artist {{!}} GRAMMY.com |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/norah-jones/13227 |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=grammy.com}}</ref>

His daughter Anoushka Shankar was nominated for a [[Grammy Award for Best World Music Album]] in 2003.<ref name="Venugopal" /> Anoushka and her father were both nominated for Best World Music Album at the [[2013 Grammy Awards]] for separate albums.<ref>{{cite news|last=Jamkhandikar|first=Shilpa|title=It's Ravi Shankar versus daughter Anoushka at the Grammys|url=http://in.reuters.com/article/anoushka-ravi-shankar-grammys-idINDEE8B50CN20121206|access-date=12 December 2012|work=Reuters|date=6 December 2012|archive-date=9 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121209043013/http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/12/06/anoushka-ravi-shankar-grammys-idINDEE8B50CN20121206|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Shankar was a [[Hinduism|Hindu]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/1999/dec/24us1.htm|title=In Her Father's Footsteps|last=Melwani|first=Lavina|date=24 December 1999|work=Rediff.com|access-date=18 July 2009|archive-date=23 August 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090823064435/http://www.rediff.com/news/1999/dec/24us1.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> and a devotee of the Hindu god [[Hanuman]]. He was also an "ardent devotee" of the Bengali Hindu saint, [[Anandamayi Ma|Sri Anandamayi Ma]]. Shankar used to visit Anandamayi Ma frequently and performed for her on various occasions. Shankar wrote of his hometown, Benares (Varanasi), and his initial encounter with "Ma":
<blockquote>[[Varanasi]] is the eternal abode of Lord [[Shiva]], and one of my favorite temples is that of Lord [[Hanuman]], the monkey god. The city is also where one of the miracles that have happened in my life took place: I met Ma Anandamayi, a great spiritual soul. Seeing the beauty of her face and mind, I became her ardent devotee. Sitting at home now in Encinitas, in Southern California, at the age of 88, surrounded by the beautiful greens, multi-colored flowers, blue sky, clean air, and the Pacific Ocean, I often reminisce about all the wonderful places I have seen in the world. I cherish the memories of Paris, New York, and a few other places. But Varanasi seems to be etched in my heart!<ref>Dunn, Jerry Camarillo (2009). My Favorite Place on Earth: Celebrated People Share Their Travel Discoveries. National Geographic Books. p. 213.</ref></blockquote>
Shankar was a vegetarian.<ref>{{cite news|title=Signing up for the veg revolution|work=[[Screen (magazine)|Screen]]|date=8 December 2000|url=http://www.screenindia.com/old/20001208/shtakes.htm|access-date=10 November 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409193812/http://www.screenindia.com/old/20001208/shtakes.htm|archive-date=9 April 2008}}</ref> He wore a large diamond ring that he said was manifested by [[Sathya Sai Baba]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Ravi Shankar, Sai Baba, and the Huge Diamond Ring|url=http://blogs.kcrw.com/rhythmplanet/ravi-shankar-sai-baba-and-the-huge-diamond-ring/|date=27 April 2011|first=Tom|last=Schnabel|publisher=[[KCRW]]|access-date=14 June 2016|archive-date=17 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617102046/http://blogs.kcrw.com/rhythmplanet/ravi-shankar-sai-baba-and-the-huge-diamond-ring/|url-status=live}}</ref> He lived with Sukanya in [[Encinitas|Encinitas, California]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Varga|first=George|title=At 91, Ravi Shankar seeks new musical vistas|publisher=signonsandiego.com|date=10 April 2011|url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/apr/10/91-ravi-shankar-seeks-new-musical-vistas/|access-date=25 April 2011|archive-date=14 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110414071934/http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/apr/10/91-ravi-shankar-seeks-new-musical-vistas/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Shankar performed his final concert with daughter Anoushka on 4 November 2012 at the [[Terrace Theater]] in [[Long Beach, California]].