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 ...

Picturise a concert hall filled with listeners maintaining pin-drop silence. A round of speedy kalpanaswaras are being rendered on the veena with some rigorous meetus and it is almost time for 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 ...

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 ...

Coming from a classically trained background, Srivani has been playing the veena since the age of seven and had picked up the minute details quite early — within a first few months of training, much ...

In a village near Sakhigopal, mornings are melodious. By the side of National Highway 316, Badahata village (Biragovindapur) resonates in 'ragas.' And, the harmonious sounds are emitted from a ...

The winner of the popular singing reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs will receive a special gift from the Mangeshkar family - a pure silver 'Veena' instrument. Usha Mangeshkar, a member of the ...