This handmade miniature painting represents a Veena - a traditional stringed musical intrument of India. Being symbolic in nature, miniature paintings convey much more than is visible. The Veena, in Indian imagination, is not only a musical intrument, but the very epitome of creativity and artistic ingenuity. Saraswati - the goddess of knowledge and art, is also endowed with a Veena. The miniature aptly brings forth this essence of creative fervor by depicting a Veena in all its beauty and grandeur.