Ravanahatha or Ravana's hand is mentioned in the ancient Indian epic ' Ramayana '. The soulful music emanating from the Ravanahatha is believed to have moved Hindu god Shiva, of whom Ravana was an ardent devotee.

' The instrument was picked by Hanuman and flown to north India, where it is still played in Rajasthan and in the Agra area of Uttar Pradesh and is known as Ravanahatha,

, Dinesh Subasinghe a star on the Sri Lankan music horizon, has a new and daring passion-to popularise Ravanahatha a violin-like instrument that Lanka king Ravana had devised and played about 5, 000 years ago. The Ravanahatha sounds like the north Indian instruments Sarangi and Esraj.

The Ravanahatha is a crude violin made of coconut shell and bamboo And goat skin, with a natural fibre serving as the string.

Ravanahatha ( ravanhatta, rawanhattha, ravanastron or ravana hasta veena ) is a bowed fiddle popular in Western India.

The Ravanahatha ( ravanhatta, rawanhattha, ravanastron or ravana hasta veena ) is a bowed fiddle popular in Western India.

introduced the ancient instrument Ravanahatha to Sri-lankan music.

From India, the Ravanahatha travelled westwards to the Middle East and Europe, where in the 9th century, it came to be called the ravanastrom, according to the website library thinkquest. org.

The melancholic sound of this Ravanahatha might be a reflection of the character of Ravana, a tragic hero who the author of the ' Ramayana ' demonised, conveniently ignoring his abilities as a scholar, musician and technologist.

Though crude and utterly simple, the Ravanahatha has proved to be a very versatile instrument.

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