Ed Sheeran, who is currently in India for his Mathematics tour, posted a video on Instagram showing himself playing the sitar for the first time, reports Hindustan Times.
In the clip, he strums his popular 2017 hit "Shape of You" on the sitar, with guidance from sitar player Megha Rawoot. Both of them also sing the song together.
He captioned the video, "Played Sitar today for the first time, had a great teacher @megharawoot." Fans have since playfully dubbed him 'Pandit Ed Sheerankar.'
Reacting to the post, a fan said, "You'll henceforth be known as Pandit Ed Sheerankar!"
"It’s game over now he’s coming with a new instrument. This guy is learning a new instrument and smashing it," said an Instagram user. "Brilliant! This brings happiness. Need a studio version!" commented a social media user.
Ed performed in Chennai on Wednesday along with music maestro AR Rahman. The duo not only interacted with fans but also belted out a remix of Ed's Shape of You and Rahman's Urvasi.
The British musician launched his India tour with an enchanting performance in Pune on January 30. Singer-actor Dot, recognized for The Archies, kicked off the India leg of Ed's ‘The Mathematics’ tour.
Ed is set to wrap up his tour on February 15 with a show in Delhi-NCR.
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