कमायचा वाद्य यंत्र

India has given a lot of height to music. Here music and its musical instruments were not confined to mere entertainment but were carried through the temple and monastery to the science laboratory.

Abdul Aziz of Jaipur has inherited music training. But he devoted his time to the preservation and collection of musical instruments.

Aziz's house is adorned with rare musical instruments.

They have more than 600 accessories. These include ornaments from the Buddhist period to the time of the Mughal and Rajput kings. Aziz searches and collects musical instruments.

A ravanahatha (variant names: ravanhatta, rawanhattha, ravanastron, ravana hasta veena) is an ancient bowed, stringed instrument, used in India, Sri Lanka and surrounding areas. It has been suggested as an ancestor of the violin.