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Posted: 9 years ago

what is ravanhata ? in promo rishab was shown playing it.

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Namita

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Posted: 9 years ago

It's a traditional bowed violin. It's a Rajasthan tradition. I got this from Google.
Kamalpura is a village in Rajasthan. This, I got from Google as well.
I'm of Indian origin but not from India so Google is quite helpful!!!

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Namita

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Posted: 9 years ago

If my explanations are wrong, please feel to correct me. I just googled the info like I mentioned in my post above.

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Nirmala

@nimmu96

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Posted: 9 years ago

Does this instrument have any significance, why is it called ravanhatta?

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Namita

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Posted: 9 years ago

Originally posted by: nimmu96
Does this instrument have any significance, why is it called ravanhatta?

That's a good question Nimmu. I have no clue. Anyone??

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Namita

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Posted: 9 years ago

Google to the rescue again:

According to legend, Ravana was an ardent devotee of the Hindu god Shiva, and served him using the ravanahatha.^[5] In the Hindu Ramayana epic, after the war between Rama and Ravana, Hanuman picked up a ravanahatha and returned to North India. In India, the ravanahatha is still played in Rajasthan. From India, the ravanahatha traveled westwards to the Middle East and Europe, where in the 9th century, it came to be called the Ravan strong. Some use to say that the Ravanahatha brought from Sri Lanka to India by Lord Hanuman.^[6]