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The stringed instrument is one of the best known South Asian lutes worldwide.
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A woman plays the sitar
A watercolor painting of a woman playing the sitar, c. 1800.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City; Rogers Fund (accession no. 58.1.9); www.metmuseum.org
Ravi Shankar
Music maestro Ravi Shankar was one of the foremost Indian sitarists.
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Anoushka Shankar
Ravi Shankar's daughter Anoushka Shankar is a renowned sitarist.
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