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'''The''' '''chitravina''' (also known as '''chitra veena''', '''chitraveena''', '''chitra vina''', '''hanumad vina''', or '''mahanataka vina''') is a 20 or 21-string fretless lute-style [[veena]] in [[Carnatic music]]. Around the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it started to be known by another name, '''Gotuvadyam''' (often mis-spelt as '''gottuvadyam''', and '''kottuvadyam''' etc.), which was bestowed upon it by Sakha Rama Rao<ref>Gotuvadyam Narayana Iyengar's Memoires & Article, "Why the name Gotuvadyam" in 1950s</ref> from [[Tiruvidaimarudur]], who was responsible for bringing it back to the concert scene. | '''The''' '''chitravina''' (also known as '''chitra veena''', '''chitraveena''', '''chitra vina''', '''hanumad vina''', or '''mahanataka vina''') is a 20 or 21-string fretless lute-style [[veena]] in [[Carnatic music]]. Around the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it started to be known by another name, '''Gotuvadyam''' (often mis-spelt as '''gottuvadyam''', and '''kottuvadyam''' etc.), which was bestowed upon it by [[Sakha Rama Rao]]<ref>Gotuvadyam Narayana Iyengar's Memoires & Article, "Why the name Gotuvadyam" in 1950s</ref> from [[Tiruvidaimarudur]], who was responsible for bringing it back to the concert scene. | ||
Today it is played mainly in South India, though its origins can be traced back to Bharata's [[Natya Shastra]] (200 BCE-200 CE), where it is mentioned as a seven string fretless instrument. Sarangadeva (1210–47) also made a similar reference to the chitravina in his work, Sangita Ratnakara. | Today it is played mainly in South India, though its origins can be traced back to Bharata's [[Natya Shastra]] (200 BCE-200 CE), where it is mentioned as a seven string fretless instrument. Sarangadeva (1210–47) also made a similar reference to the chitravina in his work, Sangita Ratnakara. | ||