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Shankh

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Shank

Shankh is a conch shell.  This instrument has a strong association with the Hindu religion.  It is said that when it is blown it announces the victory of good over evil.  This instrument has limi­ted mus­ical applications.

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shankh, conch shell

Shankh

shankh, conch shell

Narrow end of shankh

shankh, conch shell

Mouth hole of the shankh

shankh, conch shell

Broad end of shankh


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Other Sites of Interest

Bharatiya Sangeet Vadya (Review)

Catalogue of Indian Musical Instruments

Fractal dimension analysis of audio signals for Indian musical instrument recognition

Natural synthesis of North Indian musical instruments

Recognition of Indian Musical Instruments with Multi-Classifier Fusion

The Tagore collection of Indian musical instruments

Improvement of Audio Feature Extraction Techniques in Traditional Indian Musical Instrument

East Indians musical instruments

Yantra kosha; or, A Treasury of the Musical Instruments of Ancient and of Modern India, and of Various Other Countries