Pandit Ram Narayan

Ram Narayan born 25 December 1927, often referred to with the title Pandit, is an Indian musician who popularised the bowed instrument sarangi as a solo concert instrument in Hindustani classical music and became the first internationally successful sarangi player.

"My mission was to obliterate the blemish which the sarangi carried due to its social origins. I hope I have succeeded in this."

Ram Narayan, quoted in The Indian Express