{"id":3682,"date":"2023-03-13T12:05:12","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T06:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=3682"},"modified":"2025-03-26T17:10:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T11:40:22","slug":"what-is-bobbili-veena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/what-is-bobbili-veena\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Bobbili Veena?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Bobbili Veena:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Bobbili veena, also known as <strong>&#8216;Saraswati veena,<\/strong>&#8216; is a <strong>large plucked string instrument<\/strong> <strong>used in Carnatic classical music<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The home of the Bobbili veena is the <strong>town of Bobbili<\/strong>, about 120km from Vishakapatnam <strong>in\u00a0 Andhra Pradesh<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It is famed for its <strong>fine tune and distinctive notes<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It <strong>earned a Geographical Indication (GI) tag in 2012<\/strong> for its unique design and high-quality craftsmanship.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Features:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It is <strong>made from a single piece of jackwood tree<\/strong>, unlike other veena which are made by joining two pieces of wood. This is why it is <strong>also referred to as &#8216;ekanda veena&#8217;.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The <strong>central part has a lion&#8217;s head carved<\/strong> at the tapering end.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>The frets<\/strong> of this veena <strong>are made of bell metal<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>These Veenas are also remarkable for the <strong>exquisite designs etched on the body<\/strong>, making each piece exclusive.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>decorative inlay work<\/strong>, which used to be done on elephant tusks, <strong>is now replaced by plastic.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1)\u00a0What is the Geographical Indication (GI) tag?<\/h3>\n<p>A geographical indication (GI) is a sign used on products that have a specific geographical origin and possess qualities or a reputation that are due to that origin. In order to function as a GI, a sign must identify a product as originating in a given place.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newindianexpress.com\/states\/andhra-pradesh\/2023\/mar\/12\/bobbili-veena-likely-to-be-presented-to-g-20-delegates-2555336.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Bobbili Veena likely to be presented to G-20 delegates<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bobbili Veena, also known as &#8216;Saraswati veena,&#8217; is a large plucked string instrument used in Carnatic music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3683,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3682","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3682\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}