Product Description

Ektara (Hindi: एकतारा, Bengali: একতারা, Punjabi: ਇਕ ਤਾਰਾ, Tamil: எக்டரா; literally ‘one-string’, also called iktar, ektar, yaktaro, gopichand, gopichant, gopijiantra, tun tuna) is a one-stringed musical instrument used in traditional music of Bangladesh, India, Egypt and Pakistan.

In origin the ektara was a regular string instrument of wandering bards and minstrels from India and is plucked with one finger. The ektara is a drone lute consisting of a gourd resonator covered with skin, through which a bamboo neck is inserted