{"id":230943,"date":"2023-03-14T20:10:09","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T14:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=230943"},"modified":"2023-03-14T20:10:09","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T14:40:09","slug":"bobbili-veena-likely-to-be-presented-to-g-20-delegates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/bobbili-veena-likely-to-be-presented-to-g-20-delegates\/","title":{"rendered":"Bobbili Veena likely to be presented to G-20 delegates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>S<\/strong><strong>ource<\/strong>: The post is based on the article\u00a0<strong>\u201cBobbili Veena likely to be presented to G-20 delegates\u201d <\/strong>published in <strong>The New Indian Express <\/strong>on\u00a0<strong>12th March 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>What is the News?<\/h2>\n<p>The Andhra Pradesh government is preparing to present the replicas of\u00a0Bobbili Veena as part of their cultural exchange to the delegates of G-20 conference.<\/p>\n<h2>What is Bobbili Veena?<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_230946\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-230946\" style=\"width: 369px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-230946\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Bobbili-Veena.png?resize=369%2C182&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Bobbili Veena\" width=\"369\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Bobbili-Veena.png?w=1278&amp;ssl=1 1278w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Bobbili-Veena.png?resize=300%2C148&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Bobbili-Veena.png?resize=1024%2C505&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Bobbili-Veena.png?resize=768%2C379&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 369px) 100vw, 369px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-230946\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: The New Indian Express<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bobbili veena, also known as &#8216;Saraswati veena,&#8217; is a large plucked string instrument used in Carnatic classical music.<\/p>\n<p><strong>History<\/strong>: The making of the veena began in the 17th century during the reign of Pedda Rayudu, the king of Bobbili Samsthanam who was a great patron of music.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location<\/strong>: The home of the Bobbili veena is the town of Bobbili, about 120km from Vishakapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Salient features<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>-Bobbili veena is made from a single piece of jackwood tree, unlike other veena which are made by joining two pieces of wood. Hence, it is also called as &#8216;ekanda veena&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>-It is famed for its fine-tune and distinctive notes.<\/p>\n<p>-The artisans have made the veenas by using elephant tusks, stag horns and strings to get \u2018Sapta Swaras\u2019 during Bobbili Raja\u2019s regime. Now, they are replaced the elephant tusks and stag horns with plastic material imported from Mumbai.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Significance<\/strong>: It earned a Geographical Indication (GI) tag in 2012 for its unique design and high-quality craftsmanship.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Threats<\/strong>: These include <strong>a)<\/strong> the emergence of electronic music instruments and digital sound systems, <strong>b)<\/strong> the lack of skilled artisans, as only 40 families are there to make these veenas at present.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cBobbili Veena likely to be presented to G-20 delegates\u201d published in The New Indian Express on\u00a012th March 2023. What is the News? The Andhra Pradesh government is preparing to present the replicas of\u00a0Bobbili Veena as part of their cultural exchange to the delegates of G-20 conference. What is&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/bobbili-veena-likely-to-be-presented-to-g-20-delegates\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bobbili Veena likely to be presented to G-20 delegates<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10311,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[10500,11318],"class_list":["post-230943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-indian-express","tag-the-new-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1700986404},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230943\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}