Having put Indian music on the world map, sitar legend Ravi Shankar was worried about the future of classical music back in his native country. Few months before his sad demise, Ravi Shankar enquired about the classical music scene in India while he was in the US, said santoor player Pt Satish Vyas.

"I met him exactly two months back in the US and spent an evening with him. He was keen to know about the Indian music scene. He asked me whether concerts are being held here and classical music is getting corporate support," Vyas said.

"He was concerned that classical music should continue in a big way in India. He still wanted to do something valuable for classical music," Vyas added. Vyas was closely associated him for many years after meeting Ravi Shankar first in 1980 to ask him to perform at the Gunidas Sangeet Sammelan.