Jyoti Hegde

Jyoti Hegde (Sanskrit: ज्योती हेग्डे, IPA: [dʑjoːtɪ ɦeːɡɖeː]) is a Rudra veena and sitar artist from the Khandarbani gharana.

Vidhushi Jyoti Hegde is the first woman player of Rudra veena in the world.

[1] She is a Grade-A artist of the Rudra veena and sitar with the All India Radio and regularly sought after for concerts.

Jyoti Hegde was born and brought up in Sirsi – the largest town in North Kanara district of Karnataka.

At the age of 16 years, she began to learn Rudra veena under the guidance of her first teacher Pandit Late Bindu Madhav Pathak.