Swarabat: India musical instrument

The swarabat is a plucked string musical instrument that belongs to the southern India. The musical instrument has a body that is produced of wood on which a skin is spread. On the top of the skin, a bridge is placed upon the silk strings of the instrument pass. The strings of the musical instrument are plucked with the use of a plectrum. The tone quality of the musical instrument is analogous to that of a bass rubab. Some personages who have performed the musical instrument are Parmeswara Bhagavathar, Baluswami Dikshitar, the Raja Swati Thirunal, Veene Seshana, and Krishna Iyengar.

source of picture: metmuseum.org