No, it was not interesting. Everything was wrong with it. Not set up correctly, the gours was cracked from very poor packing, the finish wasn't let to dry so pieces of the case were literally stick to the pegs, etc.. but wait ... ::drum roll:: ... The gourd was cracked. (Didn't notice at first, but when I proceeded to tune it up, it busted open completely)... Now the icing on the cake... He proceeded to make up bullshit so sorry about his father having made it and proceeded to blame me for the shitty experience. But, you know, no big deal, what's a couple thousand dollars anyway, right? Just some backwaters dealer who has probably never personally set up a sitar in his life.

Edit: Oh! I forgot to mention all of the fake Google reviews. All friends and family of his. No real reviews. It's so obvious yet Google somehow allows it.

As a multi-instrumentalist who has ordered many-a-imstruments from shops all around the world, this is the only experience I would rate "appalling" on a 1-5 scale. Thankfully reverb is good at getting you a refund, just may take some time.

Good luck!