Tumburu (Sanskrit: तुम्बुरु, romanized: Tuṃburu) is the foremost among the gandharvas, the celestial musicians of Hindu mythology.

[1] Accounts depict him performing in the courts of the deities Kubera and Indra, and as singing the praises of Vishnu.

Along with the other three gandharva sons of Kashyapa, Bahu, Haha, and Huhu, he is renowned for his sweet and pleasant speech.

When he reaches Tumburus's house, he sees Tumburu surrounded by wounded men and women, who he discovers are the musical Ragas and Raginis, injured by his bad singing.

[4] Tumburu is also described to lead gandharvas to watch the battles of men, and goes to Mount Meru to worship with the divine sage Narada.

[3][4] In another reference, he is described to have two daughters, Manovatī and Sukeśā, called Pancacudas collectively, and who ride the Sun's chariot in the months of Chaitra and Madhu (Vaisakha).

A South Indian legend records that Tumburu once performed severe austerities and pleased Shiva.

[5] In the Mahabharata, Tumburu appears in many instances related to the Pandava brothers – the primary protagonists of the epic.

[3][4] Tumburu also attends the birth celebrations of the Pandava Arjuna, and welcomes him in Svarga (heaven) when he visits his father, Indra.

[4] The Ramayana mentions that Rama – the avatar of Vishnu, and his brother Lakshmana, encounter a rakshasa called Viradha, while in exile in the forest.

Viradha then told his story to Rama and acquired the form of Tumburu, liberated from the curse and returned to the home of the gandharvas.

[3] The Kathasaritsagara mentions that Tumburu's curse was responsible for the separation of the couple – King Pururavas and the apsara Urvashi.