Editing Ravi Shankar (section)

== Awards ==
[[File:Ravi Shankar 2009 crop.jpg|thumb|Ravi Shankar in [[Delhi]] in 2009]]

=== Indian government honours ===
*[[Bharat Ratna]] (1999)<ref>{{cite web|title=Padma Awards|url=http://india.gov.in/myindia/advsearch_awards.php?start=0&award_year=&state=&field=3&p_name=Ravi&award=All|access-date=16 July 2009|publisher=[[Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India)|Ministry of Communications and Information Technology]]|archive-date=11 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011193749/https://www.india.gov.in/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Padma Vibhushan]] (1981)<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|date=2015|title=Padma Awards|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf|archive-date=15 October 2015|access-date=21 July 2015|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India}}</ref>
* [[Padma Bhushan]] (1967)<ref name="Padma Awards" />
* [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] (1962)<ref>{{cite web|title=SNA: List of Akademi Awardees – Instrumental – Sitar |publisher=[[Sangeet Natak Academi]] |url=http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm| url-status=dead |access-date=29 July 2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530204253/http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm| archive-date=30 May 2015 }}</ref>
*[[List of Sangeet Natak Akademi fellows|Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship]] (1975)<ref>{{cite web|title=SNA: List of Akademi Fellows |publisher=Sangeet Natak Akademi |url=http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/fellowslist.htm#1980 |access-date=29 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023617/http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/fellowslist.htm |archive-date= 4 March 2016 }}</ref>
*[[Kalidas Samman]] from the [[Government of Madhya Pradesh]] for 1987–88<ref>{{cite web|year=2006|url=http://www.mpinfo.org/mpinfonew/hindi/award/kalidas.asp|title=राष्ट्रीय कालिदास सम्मान|language=hi|trans-title=Rashtriya Kalidas Samman|publisher=Department of Public Relations of Madhya Pradesh|access-date=29 July 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923005204/http://www.mpinfo.org/mpinfonew/hindi/award/kalidas.asp|archive-date=23 September 2010}}</ref>

=== Other governmental and academic honours ===
* [[Ramon Magsaysay Award]] (1992)<ref>{{cite news|title=Citation for Ravi Shankar|publisher=Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation|url=http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Citation/CitationShankarRav.htm|access-date=18 July 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091012095145/http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Citation/CitationShankarRav.htm|archive-date=12 October 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Commander of the [[Légion d'honneur|Legion of Honour]] of France (2000)<ref>{{cite news|last=Massey|first=Reginald|title=Ravi Shankar obituary: Indian virtuoso who took the sitar to the world|work=The Guardian|date=12 December 2012|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/dec/12/ravi-shankar-dies|access-date=11 May 2014|archive-date=4 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140604220607/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/dec/12/ravi-shankar-dies|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Honorary [[Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (KBE) for "services to music" (2001)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FikEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA14|title=Sir Ravi|date=12 May 2001|page=14|magazine=Billboard|issn=0006-2510|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|volume=113|issue=19}}</ref>
* Honorary degrees from universities in India and the United States.<ref name=Ghoshp57/>
* Honorary member of the [[American Academy of Arts and Letters]]
* Honorary Doctor of Laws from the [[University of Melbourne]], Australia (2010)<ref>{{cite web|title=Citation for Doctor of Laws honoris causa – Mr Ravi Shankar|url=http://www.unimelb.edu.au/unisec/calendar/honcausa/citation/shankar.pdf|access-date=13 December 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515004314/http://www.unimelb.edu.au/unisec/calendar/honcausa/citation/shankar.pdf|archive-date=15 May 2013}}</ref>

=== Arts awards ===
* 1964 fellowship from the [[Asian Cultural Council|John D. Rockefeller 3rd Fund]]
* Silver Bear Extraordinary Prize of the Jury at the [[7th Berlin International Film Festival|1957 Berlin International Film Festival]] (for composing the music for the movie ''[[Kabuliwala (1957 film)|Kabuliwala]]'').<ref>{{cite web|title=Archive > Annual Archives > 1957 > Prize Winners|publisher=[[Berlin International Film Festival]]|url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1957/03_preistr_ger_1957/03_Preistraeger_1957.html|access-date=21 August 2010|archive-date=4 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140404105035/http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1957/03_preistr_ger_1957/03_Preistraeger_1957.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[UNESCO]] [[International Music Council]] (1975)
* [[Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize]] (1991)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ravi Shankar – The 2nd Fukuoka Asian Culture Prizes 1991|publisher=Asian Month|year=2009|url=http://asianmonth.com/prize/english/winner/|access-date=18 July 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707174051/http://asianmonth.com/prize/english/winner/|archive-date=7 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Praemium Imperiale]] for music from the Japan Art Association (1997)<ref name="NewGrove" />
* [[Polar Music Prize]] (1998)<ref>{{cite news|last=van Gelder|first=Lawrence|title=Footlights|work=The New York Times|date=14 May 1998|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/14/books/footlights.html|access-date=18 July 2009|archive-date=15 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515061633/http://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/14/books/footlights.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Four [[Grammy Award]]s<ref>{{Cite web|date=23 November 2020|title=Ravi Shankar|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/ravi-shankar/6132|access-date=21 September 2021|website=GRAMMY.com|language=en}}</ref>
** 1967: Best Chamber Music Performance – West Meets East (with [[Yehudi Menuhin]])<ref name=":0" />
** 1973: Album of the Year – [[The Concert for Bangladesh]] (with [[George Harrison]])<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Ravi Shankar {{!}} Biography, Music, & Facts {{!}} Britannica|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ravi-Shankar|access-date=30 January 2022|website=www.britannica.com|language=en}}</ref>
** 2002: Best World Music Album – Full Circle: Carnegie Hall 2000<ref>{{cite web |last1=Massey |first1=Reginald |title=Ravi Shankar |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/dec/12/ravi-shankar-dies |website=The Guardian |access-date=20 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250105062717/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/dec/12/ravi-shankar-dies |archive-date=05 January 2025}}</ref>
** 2013: Best World Music Album – The Living Room Sessions Pt. 1<ref>{{Cite web|last=Greenburg|first=Zack O'Malley|title=Grammy Winners 2013: The Full List|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackomalleygreenburg/2013/02/11/grammy-winners-2013-the-full-list/|access-date=30 January 2022|website=Forbes|language=en}}</ref>
** [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award|Lifetime Achievement Award]] received at the [[55th Annual Grammy Awards]]<ref>{{cite news |author=PTI |url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/music/ravi-shankar-to-receive-lifetime-grammy/article4194847.ece |title=Arts / Music : Ravi Shankar to be honoured with lifetime Grammy |newspaper=The Hindu |date=6 December 2012 |access-date=13 December 2012 |archive-date=15 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121215005715/http://www.thehindu.com/arts/music/ravi-shankar-to-receive-lifetime-grammy/article4194847.ece |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Original Score]], along with [[George Fenton]], for ''[[Gandhi (film)|Gandhi]]''.<ref name=Ghoshp57/><ref name=Grammy /><ref name=Oscar />
* Posthumous nomination in the 56th Annual Grammy Awards for his album "The Living Room Sessions Part 2".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/pt-ravi-shankar-gets-posthumous-grammy-nomination/1/328349.html|title=Pt Ravi Shankar gets posthumous Grammy nomination|magazine=India Today|date=7 December 2013|access-date=7 December 2013|archive-date=7 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207183337/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/pt-ravi-shankar-gets-posthumous-grammy-nomination/1/328349.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* First recipient of the [[Tagore Award]] in recognition of his outstanding contribution to cultural harmony and universal values (2013; posthumous)<ref>{{cite web |author=PTI |url=http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/art-and-theatre/sitar-maestro-pandit-ravi-shankar-to-get-tagore-award_129386.htm |title=Arts / Music : Ravi Shankar to be honoured with Tagore Award |work=Zee News |date=6 March 2013 |access-date=6 March 2013 |archive-date=7 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307200002/http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/art-and-theatre/sitar-maestro-pandit-ravi-shankar-to-get-tagore-award_129386.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== 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>