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# What is a sursingar?

 Updated 19 October 2026

 The **[sursingar](/instrument/sursingar)** is a plucked, unfretted lute of Hindustani music, developed from the seni rabab of the Senia lineage. A cut gourd closed with a wooden cover forms the resonator, and a fretless metal plate covers the fingerboard. It served as a solo dhrupad instrument in the 19th and 20th centuries and suited slow alap.



 

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