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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 Chod Drum is made from wood withbeautiful copper ring in the middle which is 24 karat gold gilded and decoratedwith coral and turquoise stones. The Damaru comes with a cotton tail and acotton case. This fine quality Damaru Chod Drum is made by the master artisansof Patan, Nepal.