The saraswati-vina enjoys a popularity in South-Indian tradition which is similar to the sitar's in the North as a classical solo instrument. She is in principle build similarly, however, instead of the pumpkin a resonator carved out of a single piece of wood is used. The neck is narrower than the sitar's so that its strings cannot be pulled quite as far sideways. Its frets are fitted into a bed of wax, the bridge has a metal surface and it has no sympathetic strings. The plucking technique corresponds in principle to that of rudra and vichitra-vina.

AUDIO EXAMPLE

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MEASUREMENTS
length 134 cm, breadth 40 cm, depth 40 cm, weight 6,8 kg