Thursday, September 23, 2021

 I have been obsessed with the Saraswati Veena for the last year now. I am also in love with Rudra veena. The former is played mostly in Carnatic music(South India) and the latter in Hindustani(North India).

The Goddess Saraswati is always depicted with a veena which symbolizes many things.

Saraswati Veena



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