Which plucked string instrument, shown in this image, is the principal melodic instrument of Carnatic classical music from South India, with a long fretted neck and a large resonating gourd?

• A Sitar
• B Sarod
• C Veena ✓
• D Surbahar

The veena (or Saraswati veena) is one of the oldest Indian instruments, a fretted lute central to the Carnatic tradition and associated with the goddess Saraswati.