The Santoor is an instrument of devotion, rooted in Kashmir's spiritual and cultural history. At the Chinmaya Mission ...

Inspired by Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, Kawa, at the age of 12, transitioned from the tabla to the santoor, an instrument that finds its origins in the Vedic era as the ‘Vana’ implying 100 strings.

In India, the general term for stringed instruments is "veena." "In ancient times in India we had a hundred types of veenas. Currently maybe seven or eight of them are being played.

A Hundred Strings and One Soul. Saturday, 28 June 2025 | Team Viva . The Santoor is an instrument of devotion, rooted in Kashmir’s spiritual and cultural history.