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Listen to Veena - Carnatic Classical Instrumental Music - Pancharatna Kritis of Sri Thygaraja Jagadananda Karaka - 00:03 Thudukugala - 10:16 Sadhaninche - 19:53 Kana Kana Ruchire - 30:25 Endaro Mahanu Bhavulu - 45:31 Veena is a plucked stringed instrument originating in ancient India, used mainly in Carnatic classical music and Hindustani classical music. The name is used for several instruments belonging to different families, mainly the Rudra Veena (a zither) and the Saraswati veena (a necked bowl lute) but also to other types of plucked string instruments (Mohan Veena, Ancient Veena etc). The earliest Veena was an instrument of the harp type whose type survives in the Burmese harp, whereas in the last centuries and nowadays, the word has tended to be applied to instruments of the lute type or even, recently, to certain kinds of guitars developed in India. The more popular sitar is believed to have been derived from a type of Veena which was modified by a Mughal court musician to conform with the tastes of his Persian patrons. A person who plays a Veena is called a vainika. Echampati Gayathri, popularly known as “Veena Gayathri“ is a veena exponent of the traditional Carnatic music. She was appointed by the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, , as the first Vice Chancellor of Tamil Nadu Music and Fine Arts University in November, 2013.
