Thread by @twittydoodle

#VeenaNaada kindles the fire in #Kundalini that lies curled in the #Mooladhara, the lowest of the six nerve centers in the spinal column. The Vibrations tht are set in motion by the body heat and the life breath (Anala and Prana) gathers momentum as they travel up the spinalchord

The Veena has also been compared to the human body. The #spinalchord in the human body is held through out the length of the body right from the anus point to the top of the head (Brain) called Brahmarandhra. It is divided into 24 vertebrae as the twenty-four frets of the Veena.

One sees or touches the Veena it bestows comfort both during and after one’s lifetime. It cleanses & purifies all sins and evils of not only the downtrodden but also of those who have committed heinous crimes.

Lord Siva - Body
Strings - Parvathi
Vishnu - The bridge
Lakshmi - The Main resonator Brahma in the secondary resonator, Saraswathi in the naabhi (center part of the chest board which resonates the sound)
Vasuki the serpent king in the pegs

Moon in the Jeevala (the cotton thread pieces used between the string and the bridge)
Sun God in the frets

All Gods are invoked in the Veena, and hence it is indeed a very auspicious instrument.

Veenas release extraordinary powers of concentration and meditation leading to cosmic consciousness. Nãdopasana(worship through music), in fact, is a less arduous path than the three well-known paths of Salvation, namely, Karma, Bhakthi & Gnana margas.

The right kind of raga on the Veena can create the Saathvic and noble rasa and Bhava in human beings. The human being needs to be elevated from the mundane materialistic and ignoble thoughts and feelings of his material life to noble and Sathvic feelings and consciousness.

The Naada of the Veena is much more perfect than the human voice itself, capable of creating Saathvic peace in the human heart and elevate him to super human or divine plane of consciousness.
#radhakrishna

The Three Jewels of #karnatic #music with Veenas

Shri Muthuswami Deekshitar
Shri Thyagaraja
Shri Syama Sastri

Some of the beautiful #paintings depicting the veena as choice for traditional paintings

Few More #paintings representing the beauty if veena

World's Largest Veena called as

Mahasarvabhowma Veena dedicated and placed at #Shringeri Sharadamba Peetam, #Karnataka
Guru Nivas - 11-06-2003. This veena is made of single wood, first of its8kind in the world.

Encourage youngest generations to learn veena
#lifeisbeautiful
#SanatanaDharma
#Hinduism
#traditionalart
#traditional