Among the innumerable musical instruments of the world, the Indian veena stands as an instrument with an ancient past, dating back to the Rig Veda age (3500 – 2500 BC). Certainly, it occupies the ...

Among the innumerable musical instruments of the world, the Indian Veena, stands as an instrument, with a hoary past, harking back to the Rig Veda age, (3500 - 2500 B.C.). Certainly, it occupied the ...

Whether you’re in the mood for a mosh pit, or would rather settle down with some soothing tunes after a long day, veena has got you covered. The meditative and curative sound of veena comes from ...

The Hindu goddess Saraswati, symbolic of learning, wisdom and the arts, is often depicted playing the South Indian veena, an instrument of the lute family. In this program, featuring veena player ...

For 83-year-old veena exponent Padmavathy Ananthagopalan, not a day passes without playing the instrument. She starts her day with classes at 6am and doesn’t rest till the evening. But, nothing tires ...

The veena assumes the personality of its player, the idiosyncrasies included, says Anuradha Mahesh. “If you are enthusiastic, your veena would be too, if you are a slacker, your veena would be ditto,” ...

Every day, N Thamilmani walks from his home, passing a tree, a coconut vendor, one or two ambling cows and his cousin’s house, to take a narrow passageway to his workshop. His workshop, in the heart ...

Hindustani instrumentalists often teach their disciples the intricacies of raag grammar by singing phrases and compositions and not necessarily by using their instruments as their medium of ...

BENGALURU: Veena, the instrument of Goddess Saraswati, is meticulously hand-carved out of the wood of a jackfruit tree, which makes every veena unique. “Each veena has a story to tell,” says veena ...

Jayanthi talks about being an instrumentalist, the opportunities she gets and how the veena is not in yet in its sunset phase… She comes from a family of violinists, but Jayanthi Kumaresh says that it ...

SS Bharathi organised a veena concert of Srivani last week at DD Colony to pay tribute to late S Balachandar. She was accompanied by Srinivasa Gopalan on mridangam and Sridharachari on ghatam. The ...