This sruni is a masked oboe and a temple instrument. "Makara" is a creature from Hindu mythology. It was the mount of the Hindu gods Gangā and Varuna. The slender body made of jacqueira wood has six frontal tone holes, a protruding thumb hole and a resonance hole in the upper part of the funnel. It has a relatively large bell in the shape of a "makara" - a carved chimera, half water snake, half fish, with eyes, two fangs each, small ears, large curved horns and hints of wings. The predominant colours of the body were green and red. The lip disc and mouthpiece are missing.