PLAYING BOLLYWOOD SONG WITH KENDARA

The Kendara is a wooden string instrument. The Kendara has one string and is most commonly played by drawing a bow across its string. They are mostly played traditionally by yogis, people who would go from door to door with a dried gourd container to keep rice, and a kendara to play while singing, and accept food as alms. They are rarely used in genres of folk including country music. The folk genre of music played in a kendara is known as Kendara Gita. The instrument rose to popularity during the 12th century when Sanskrit was made the official language of the then Utkala Kingdom but the common people did not understand, but the yogis were performing folk songs. Kendara is often tied to Natha, a particular sect of the yogis that play the most popular variation of kendara. The other variation is known as "Majhi kendara" and is played by the Santhal people in Odisha.

Source: Wikipedia