sentences:  He is also the first South Indian musician to win a Grammy for Best World Music Album for his participation in Mickey Hart's "Planet Drum", in which he played ghatam and morsing.He donated all the proceeds from the award to a charity organisation in south India.He was also nominated for the 1996 Grammy Awards for Best World Music Album for his participation in 'Raga Aberi' along with L. Shankar on the ten string double violin and Zakir Hussain on the tabla (the piece is set in the tala cycle of 4¾ beats).