DAMARU

Damaru is a kind of traditional handy Drum. Damaru is used in religious worshipping and other rites. It is a small two-faced drum with a leather string tied over the narrow middle part of it.  A bone or wooden ended string is knotted with the string. When the Damaru is swung or moved by hand in a faster motion once to the left and once to the right alternatively, the wooden or bone ends of the string make rattling sound on the membranes fitted on both faces of the drum.  It is appeared along with the trident or Trisula in association with Shiva cults. This tantric symbol is supposed to be composed of two half-skulls put together.