The santoor maestro and music composer, Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, passed away after a cardiac arrest at the age of 84 in Mumbai on Tuesday, May 10. 

In picture: Roopkumar Rathod at the last rites ceremony

Pandit Shivkumar Sharma had been suffering from kidney-related ailments for the last six months and was on dialysis.

In picture: Javed Akhtar at Shivkumar Sharma's last rites ceremony.

The Jammu-born musician, Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, who elevated the santoor, once a little-known musical instrument from Jammu and Kashmir, to its present exalted global status, will also be remembered for the music he composed with the flute legend, Pandit Hari Prasad Chaurasia, for films such as 'Silsila', 'Lamhe', 'Chandni' and 'Darr'.

In picture: Shabana Azmi at the last rites ceremony.

Pandit Shivkumar Sharma is survived by wife Manorama and two sons, one of whom, Rahul Sharma, is also an accomplished santoor player.

Pandit Shivkumar Sharma's mortal remains will be kept at his Juhu residence from 10 am to 1 pm to enable people and music lovers pay their last respects to the departed music legend.

In picture: Amitabh Bachchan at the last rites ceremony.

Top composers, singers and other personalities from the world of music have mourned the passing away of Sharma, terming it as the "end of an era".

"These past two years have been brutal to the Indian classical music fraternity. We have lost several major pillars, and now, Pt. Shivkumar Sharma. His passing on is an end of an era," Salil Bhat, Veena player shared with IANS.

Adding that the maestro's death has not only impacted those personally close to him but left the whole Indian classical music fraternity shocked, Bhat added, "His contribution to the santoor and making it immensely popular is unparalleled. Anyone who listened to him seldom remained untouched."

Singer Nirali Kartik shared in a media interaction that with his music, he could bring alive Kashmir anywhere. A majestic persona, great musicianship and humility personified, that was Pandit Shivkumar Sharma that we have known for over many decades.

In picture: Jaya Bachchan at the last rites ceremony.

Ustad Zakir Hussain was also one of the prominent personalities who attended the last rites ceremony.

Pandit Shivkumar Sharma was an Indian composer and santoor player from Jammu.

Pandit Shivkumar Sharma received the Padma Shri in 1991, and the Padma Vibhushan in 2001.

Uddhav Thackeray said that Sharma and santoor had an inseparable relationship, and the folk instrument of Jammu & Kashmir was synonymous with his name.