text: VEENA: Chordophone
   SOUTH INDIA
  A principal plucked instrument of carnatic music of lute category. Made of Jackwood. Deep and round resonator, flat faced finger board scooped out from the same log of wood and called ‘Ek Dandi Veena’. This decorative peg box is carved in the shape of snake called ‘Vyali’. Four main metal strings and three drone strings. Two bridges – one main and one secondary. Twenty four metal frets, fitted on the finger board by mena sof wax. A popular instrument of South Indian classical music. 
  