What is a Ravanhatha?

- April 24, 2020

Ravanhatha is a musical instrument made from bamboo attached to a coconut shell and covered with a goat membrane. The string is made up of horse hair, and is played using a wooden bow. 

Believed to be the ancestor of the modern-day violin, the instrument Ravanhatha (Ravanstorm) is considered to be a modification of the word ‘Ravan Hasta Veena’. According to a folktale, Ravana, a great devotee of Shiva, played the Ravanhatha as an offering to the god. After Rama destroyed......

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