People sometimes fall in love at first sight — but Jyoti Hegde fell in love at first sound. The renowned Rudra Veena player, who performed at a recent music festival at NCPA in Mumbai before taking to ...

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 ...

Originating in northern India, it is named after Rudra, the fierce form of Shiva. It is believed that Ravana built and played this veena to pay homage to Shiva and named it after him.

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 ...

India's musical heritage was showcased at the G20 summit with 78 artists playing rare Hindustani, Carnatic, and folk instruments. The Mayuri veena, a 17th-century instrument with the face of a peacock ...

To surrender to the notes of the rudra veena can be like experiencing some magical mind coolant, of entering a zone where extrinsic sound blends into an inner silence. Kolkata-based German musician ...

The State government has ordered at least 200 replicas of Bobbili Veena to Sarwasiddi family, which is famous for making the musical instrument, through Andhra Pradesh Handicrafts Development ...

As the curtain rose at Narada Gana Sabha’s Main Hall, the audience was greeted by a breathtaking sight — over a 100 veena artistes, ranging from sprightly 10-year-olds to seasoned septuagenarians, ...

At a modest house in Plymouth, the best veena player in North America goes about her busy schedule. Amid teaching a select set of students and organizing her global concert itinerary — including a ...