A Guided Tour Through the Landscapes of Popular Hindustani Ragas

Indian classical music is the classical music of the subcontinent .It is generally defined using terms like Marg sangeet and shastriya sangeet.

• It is about two major traditions of north Indian classical music known as Hindustani and the south Indian expression known as carnatic.

• These traditions were not distinct until about the 15th century.During the period of Mughal rule of the Indian subcontinent,the traditions separated and envolved into distant forms Hindusatni music significance improvisation and research of all the aspects of a raga,while carnatic performance tended to be short composition-based.

• However, the two systems continue to have more common aspects than differences.

• Another unique classical music custom from Eastern part of India odissi music has evolved since two thousand years ago.

The roots of the classical music of India are found in the vedic literature of Hinduism and  the ancient Natyashastra, the classical sanskrit text on execution arts by bharata muni.