Sitar Maestro Ustad Vilayat Khan receiving the "Aftaab-e-Sitar"

An Archival Photo of Legendary Sitar Maestro Ustad Vilayat Khan receiving the "Aftaab-e-Sitar" award from Begum Abida Ahmed (wife of 5th president of India Shri. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed. He accepted only two awards (Aftaab-e-Sitar and Bharat Sitar Samrat by Artistes Association of India) in his lifetime after declining all the other awards, including the "Padma Vibhushan", offered to him by the Government of India