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 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. Its ...

Seven years ago, a young sculptor from Varad village in Malvan was asked if he could craft two unusual wooden figures – the heads of the mythological serpent Vasuki and a peacock. For Kunal Joshi, the ...

As Jyoti Hegde sat on the stage at a recent event organised by the Sangeet Natak Akademi to celebrate World Music and International Yoga Day in Delhi, what caught the eye was the beautifully crafted ...

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 ...

A group of artists in Bhopal have made a Rudra Veena out of only scrap material. The theme under which they undertook this project is called "Waste to Wonder". The veena has been installed at a busy ...

Shraddha Kapoor along with her family members Shivangi Kapoor, Padmini Kolhapure, Tejaswini Kolhapure and others celebrated Late Pt Pandharinath Kolhapure birth anniversary on Friday. Shraddha Kapoor ...

The ceremonial dinner to be held tonight at the Bharat Mandapam venue of the G20 Leaders Summit in the national capital will celebrate the country's rich musical heritage – a mix of different styles ...

Padma Bhushan Ustad Asad Ali Khan treated a small gathering of students and music lovers to the melodious and rare Rudra Veena at a concert organised jointly by World Music Center and SPICMACAY on ...

New Delhi [India], September 9 (ANI): The special dinner hosted by President Draupadi Murmu for G20 leaders on Saturday evening will witness a musical performance showcasing ancient classical ...

Instrument — few who wield it can evoke its true beauty in the most charming way. But Ustad Bahauddin Dagar, a 20th-generation maestro, does so with poise and meticulous command. In 2012, he was ...