An American news website got confused between Pandit Ravi Shankar and Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and confirmed that Sri Sri Ravi Shankar was dead. In  its report on the demise of sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar put up the picture of Indian spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, triggering panic among his followers.
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, who is the founder of Art of Living Foundation, also has a huge following across the world.
“Several offices of Art of Living Foundation received calls regarding the death of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. We informed them it was false,” said Karthik Krishna, media coordinator at Art of Living.
A user on micro blogging site Twitter commented: “Dude the picture you used is of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. Not Pandit Ravi Shankar. Two completely diff (erent) people!”
Sitar maestro and composer Pandit Ravi Shankar died Tuesday in a US hospital just a few days after a heart valve replacement surgery. He was 92.