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A Hindu musician, early 20th century. Hindu music is music created for or influenced by Hinduism. It includes Indian classical music, Kirtan, Bhajan and other musical genres. Raagas are a common form of Hindu music in classical India. [1] The most common Hindu bhajan in North India is "Om Jai Jagdish Hare."
Many songs in Indian films are based on ragas of Indian classical music. This song list includes those that are primarily set to the given raga, without major deviation from the musical scale. This song list includes those that are primarily set to the given raga, without major deviation from the musical scale.
A Bhajan in Hindu traditions is an informal, loosely structured devotional song with music in a regional language. [19] They are found all over India and Nepal, but are particularly popular among the Vaishnav traditions such as those driven by devotion to avatars of Vishnu such as Krishna, Rama, Vitthal and Narayana (often with their consorts).
Shyama Sangeet (Bengali: শ্যামা সঙ্গীত) is a genre of Bengali devotional songs dedicated to the Hindu goddess Shyama or Kali which is a form of supreme universal mother-goddess Durga or parvati. It is also known as Shaktagiti or Durgastuti.
Lakshmi Puja or Lokkhi Pujo (Devnagari: लक्ष्मी पूजा, Bengali: লক্ষ্মী পূজা, Odia: ଲକ୍ଷ୍ମୀ ପୂଜା, Romanised: Lakṣmī Pūjā/ Loķhī Pūjō) is a Hindu occasion for the veneration of Lakshmi, the Goddess of Prosperity and the Supreme Goddess of Vaishnavism. [1]
It is spiritual, heroic, thoughtful, virtuous, embedding moral wisdom or solemn form of song-music combination. [6] [7] Thematic matter ranges from the religious and spiritual (mostly in praise of Hindu deities) to royal panegyrics, musicology and romance. A Dhrupad has at least four stanza, called Sthayi (or Asthayi), Antara, Sanchari and Abhoga.
Muthuswami Dikshita (IAST: Muttusvāmi Dīkṣita, 24 March 1775 – 21 October 1835) or Dikshitar was a South Indian poet and composer and is one of the musical trinity of Carnatic music. His compositions, of which around 500 are commonly known, are noted for their elaborate and poetic descriptions of Hindu gods and temples and for capturing ...
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