
South Indian Instruments
South Indian or Carnatic musical instruments are more about percussion instruments than melody. They are best seen as the cousins of the North India instruments. Some of the popular South Indian instruments are: Ghatam, Mridangam, Tavil, Venu, Tambura, Nadaswaram.


South Indian Instruments
Mridangam (Small)
The mridangam is a double sided drum. One side is very small and generates high pitched sounds and the other, wider, for low pitched sounds. Small size

South Indian Instruments
Mridangam (Medium)
The mridangam is a double sided drum. One side is very small and generates high pitched sounds and the other, wider, for low pitched sounds. Medium size.

South Indian Instruments
Mridangam (Professional)
The professional artist quality mridangam is a double sided drum. One side is very small and generates high pitched sounds and the other, wider, for low pitched sounds.

South Indian Instruments
Professional Veena
This veena is known as the ekandam veena. It is made from one peice of wood with no joints. Nice decoration with two bridges.