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Sitar

Sitar Museum

Pandit Ravi Shankar Style Sitar

Instruments in the 'Ravi Shankar style', also called kharaj pancham sitars, have two sound boxes and rich ornamentation.

They are usually equipped with 13 sympathetic strings, three drone strings (chikari) and four melody strings with a range of four octaves.