The ravanahatha's birth itself is believed to have taken place under traumatic circumstances.

Subasinghe has proposed that the western violin evolved from the ravanahatha.

Though crude and utterly simple, the Ravanahatha has proved to be a very soothing instrument.

In India, the ravanahatha is still played in Rajasthan.

In addition to the ravanahatha, Subasinghe is reviving another ancient bowed instrument called the kingiri.

The Ravanahatha was played on one string which was 22 inches long encompassing the 3 Octaves.

Ravana Nada is the first recording to include actual music played on the ravanahatha, although it had previously appeared in films as a visual item.

The Ravanahatha sounds like the north Indian instruments Sarangi and Esraj.

He has re-introduced the ancient instrument Ravanahatha to Sri Lankan electronic media for the first time.

The Ravanahatha is a crude violin made of coconut shell and bamboo And goat skin , with a natural fibre serving as the string.

From India, the ravanahatha travelled westwards to the Middle East and Europe, where in the 9th century, it came to be called the Ravan strong.

The ravanahatha (ravanhatta, rawanhattha, ravanastron or ravana hasta veena) is a bowed fiddle popular in Western India.

The melody solos pieces were played on a variety of instruments: the ravanahatha, ravanstron, kottan kachi, violin, flute, box guitar, and saxophone.

According to legend, Ravana was an ardent devotee of the Hindu god Shiva, and served him using the soulful music emanating from the ravanahatha.

It was released on March 25, 2009 by Tharanga records and was the first album in which he played some of the music on the ravanahatha, an ancient instrument.

On the 2011 premiere CD recording, the composer plays the Ravanahatha, a string instrument, associated with Ravana, the legendary king of Sri Lanka.

He composed Karuna Nadee, a Buddhist oratorio, and re-introduced a lost ancient musical instrument known as the ravanahatha to Sri Lanka.

In the Hindu Ramayana epic, after the war between Rama and Ravana, Hanuman picked up a ravanahatha and returned to North India.

In 2007, Subasinghe introduced the ancient instrument ravanahatha to Sri Lanka in his album Rawan Nada, comprising twelve instrumentals and background vocals.

Dinesh Subasinghe composed the first ever Buddhist oratorio (Karuna Nadee) and introduced the ancient instrument Ravanahatha to Sri Lankan Media.

Instruments such as the seven-holed flute and various types of stringed instruments, such as the Ravanahatha, have been recovered from the Indus Valley Civilization archaeological sites.

The Sangit tradition of Rajasthan further helped in popularizing ravanhatta among ladies as well.

Throughout the medieval history of India, kings were patrons of music; this helped in increased popularity of ravanhatta among royal families.

The ravanahatha (ravanhatta, rawanhattha, ravanastron or ravana hasta veena) is a bowed fiddle popular in Western India.

The stringed variety include the Sarangi, Rawanhattha, Kamayacha, Morsing and Ektara.

The ravanahatha (ravanhatta, rawanhattha, ravanastron or ravana hasta veena) is a bowed fiddle popular in Western India.

The ravanahatha (ravanhatta, rawanhattha, ravanastron or ravana hasta veena) is a bowed fiddle popular in Western India.

He gave concerts and lecture recitals on such instruments as the viola d'amore, the viola pomposa, and the ravanastron, and would often dress in period costumes for these occasions.

The ravanahatha (ravanhatta, rawanhattha, ravanastron or ravana hasta veena) is a bowed fiddle popular in Western India.