Tambura, also known as Tanpura, is a sophisticated string musical instrument in Hindu religion and it evolved from ek-tari a single stringed instrument from ancient India. Ek-tari was developed into tamburi. Tambura is a stringed instrument, one meter in length, and is very handy and even portable like ek-tari. The resonance box is made of wood and is spherical in shape. The spherical box has a covering made out of a plain flat plank. In Hindu religion, the instrument has a long history and Sage Narada is shown carrying the tambura with him always. Tumburu Gandharva is associated with the musical instrument. Tanpura has been developed from tamburi. The Prakrit word tumba means a gourd popular in Maharashtra, as pumpkin. It is grown extensively all over Maharashtra but the pumpkin used in the preparation of the sound-box of tambura is especially cultivated, considering the requirements of different sizes. The fruit, when ripe, is plucked and allowed to dry and is seasoned. It