[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891) › c5.33 # The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c5.33 The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c5.33 - **Language:** English ### [c5.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c5.33) It is considered extremely unlucky for anyone to impart or receive instruction in the Varâli râga. When an unwelcome pupil presents himself, a master will therefore decline to teach him anything else but this râga, knowing that to be a sure way of ridding himself of the intruder. - [Previous: c5.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c5.32) - [Next: c5.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c5.34) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c5.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c5.33) · Pramāṇa