Rajasthan folk music can mesmerise anyone with its beautiful rythm and words. Rajasthan has a diverse collection of musician castes, including langas, sapera, bhopa, followed by many sangeet gharanas like famous Jaipur Atrauli Gharana and many more. The celebration of changing seasons is also very central to folk music of Rajasthan. A classic example of Rajasthani Folk music is 'Dholi taaro' song from Bollywood movie Hum 'Dil De Chuke Sanam’.
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Indian classical music has its roots in the state of Uttar Pradesh. The history of music in Uttar Pradesh is the inspiration to the history of entire north Indian music, believed to be sheltered by, Banaras Gharana, Lucknow gharana, Etawah gharana, Rampur-Sahaswan Gharana, Agra Gharana and many more. Uttar Pradesh has been the centre of cultural, religious, and political activities of northern part of India for nearly 2000 years. The region’s folk heritage include songs called Rasiya (know especially in Braj), which celebrate the divine love of Radha and Shri Krishna. Not only in classical but in light and folk music also, Uttar Pradesh is literally a treasure house, with each and every district having unique music traditions.
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Maharashtra is a Midwestern state in India, perhaps best known for being the home of Hindi Film Industry which is popular in the media as Bollywood , the all-singing, all-dancing film industry that produces over 1000 movies per year but outside the most happening city Mumbai, Maharashtra has a deep and rich music heritage and gave birth some of the greatest classical singers of modern times including of Bhendi Bazaar Gharana. One of semi-classical music forms of Maharashtra is " Natya Sangeet " which has almost a 200-year-old tradition in Maharashtra. There are many different popular folk songs of Maharashtra that reflects from the day to day life of the natives to the way their lives getting evolved which beautifully captures the rich musical journey of Maharashtra.
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With numerous heritage marvels, architectural gems and nature wonders bestowed upon the state of Madhya Pradesh, the one thing that strings it all together is its unique music. MP is known for it’s classical and folk music, while it is also home to four prominent gharanas of Hindustani classical music—Maihar gharana, Gwalior gharana, Senia gharana and Indore gharana. Medieval India’s two most noted singers, Tansen and Baiju Bawra, trace their roots to Gwalior in present-day MP. The music in the region has also remained unaltered for ages.
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Gujarat has a rich heritage in music. Gujarat has given some of the best musicians to India. The versatility and vividness of the folk music in the state is witness to the fact that culturally Gujarat is a highly enriched state. It is said that the legendary musicians Tana Riri belong to the state itself. In the arena of music, Gujarat has made it’s own footprint. A number of ragas bear the territorial names of Gujarat such as Gujari Todi, Bilaval (from Veraval), Sorathi (from Sorath), Khambavati (from Khambhat, Cambay), Ahiri and Lati. 'Gujar Tod', 'Bilaval' and 'Khambhavati' said to be named respectively after Gujarat.
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Punjab, (Haryana & Himachal) a region in North India, widely known as the land of five rivers has always been overflowing with talented artistes and diverse style of music. It is also known as the abode of famous Patiyala Gharana of classical music and Bhangra beside it’s deeply rooted traditional folk music which manifests the hardworking nature, bravery of the natives and has crossed the popularity of not only it’s regional territory but also India and beyond. The music and songs of Punjab are evolved and refined from generation to generation, and like of their own dynamic growth, their music develop an individuality, which does not lend itself to imitation.
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The capital city of India and also the third largest in the world ranking, New Delhi has a rich cultural heritage. In fact culture of this city is a fine mingling of old and new which cannot stand apart without it’s wealth of music - Whether Indian classical, Hindustani or Carnatic, the lighter ghazals or it’s Western genres, like jazz and rock, melodious Bollywood aka Hindi Film tunes - New Delhi’s music scene has developed from a wide range of inspirations and there is no paucity of selection , thus make music connoisseurs immensely happy to listen to a variety of sounds from the diverse musical realm of Delhi Gharana. The city is enriched by numerous auditoria, concerts and folk music are frequently nurtured too.
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