Long before sitars and tablas ruled the stage, India resonated with the haunting melodies of the Ravanahatha and the deep tones of the Surbahar. These six forgotten instruments once defined musical ...

Drums play a multifaceted cultural role in India. An integral part of musical practice and tradition, percussion instruments in India have also occupied our imagination through ancient myths, rituals, ...

India’s khartal, a wooden percussion instrument used in Rajasthani folk music, has a counterpart in Spain’s castanets. Both ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The Sitarmakers of Miraj, India, have been crafting musical instruments out of pumpkins for almost 200 years. They are known for making the tanpura, a string ...

The Rudra Veena, an ancient and almost forgotten Indian musical instrument, is believed to have been created by Lord Shiva while contemplating the perfect beauty of his consort Parvati.

The audio-visual storytelling of two diverse folk traditions through folk instruments added a great ... artist in the ancient tradition of Indian percussion, Ustad Zakir Hussain.