Hand vendu Made Wood Decorated with Silver Damaru Buddhist Ritual Drum from, Nepal

Damuru – Ritual Drum

The Damaru or Damaru is a small drumwith two heads, mostly prevalent in Tibetan Buddhism and Hindu culture. In manyparts of the subcontinent of India, this Damaru is quite well known.It isconsidered to be a power drum and if believed, it emanates spiritual energywhen played. It has mythological association with Lord Shiva. Some people alsobelieve that the language of Sanskrit was identified by the Damarus beats andwith the Shivas performance in Tandav cosmic dance form. Due to the small sizeof the Damaru, it is used by many musicians of all genres.

The Damaru has a shield shape, and inthis there is an upward triangular form, which is symbolic of male lingam orprocreativity while the rounded downwards pointing form is showing the femaleyoni or procreativity. As a symbolic meaning of this shape, the worldsbeginning occurs when there is the meeting of the yoni and lingam at midpointwhile their separation leads to destruction.

About this Ritual Item

This fine quality Damaru ismade in antiquated finish and has beautiful design made from wood and decoratedwith silver, coral and turquoise stones. The carving details are done veryfinely. This finely carved rare Damaru is crafted by the master artisans ofPatan, Nepal.