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  2. Carnatic music - Wikipedia

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    Carnatic music, known as Karnāṭaka saṃgīta or Karnāṭaka saṅgītam in the South Indian languages, is a system of music commonly associated with South India, including the modern Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and portions of east and south Telangana and southern Odisha. It is one of two main subgenres ...

  3. K. J. Yesudas - Wikipedia

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    K. J. Yesudas was born in Kochi, in Kerala, in a Latin Catholic Christian family to Augustine Joseph and Elizabeth Joseph. His father was a well-known Malayalam classical musician and stage actor. [10] Yesudas was the second of seven children, preceded by an elder sister named Pushpa, and followed by four younger brothers - Antony (Antappan ...

  4. Bhajan - Wikipedia

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    Bhajan refers to any devotional song with a religious theme or spiritual ideas, specifically among Dharmic religions, in any language. [1] The term bhajanam (Sanskrit: भजनम्) means reverence and originates from the root word bhaj (Sanskrit: भज्), which means to revere, as in 'Bhaja Govindam' (Revere Govinda). The term bhajana ...

  5. P. Susheela - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] Susheela is widely acclaimed as a singer who defined feminism [4] in South Indian cinema and is well known for her mellifluous [5] [6] vocal performances [7] for over 50,000 (counted as per records) film and devotional songs [8] across South Indian languages. The song "Naalai Intha Velai" [9] from Tamil film Uyarndha Manidhan brought ...

  6. Sufi music - Wikipedia

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    Sufi music refers to the devotional music of the Sufis, inspired by the works of Sufi poets like Rumi, Hafiz, Bulleh Shah, Amir Khusrow, and Khwaja Ghulam Farid. Qawwali is the best-known form of Sufi music and is most commonly found in the Sufi culture in South Asia. However, music is also central to the Sema ceremony of the whirling dervishes ...

  7. K. G. Markose - Wikipedia

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    K. G. Markose is an Indian playback singer from Kerala. [1] Markose, who is popular for rendering numerous Christian devotional songs, has also sung over 100 film songs during the years 1980's to 2000's. Markose's music career was launched in 1979–1980 with the song "Kannipoomanam" in Balachandra Menon's Kelkkaatha Sabdham. After the success ...

  8. Alvars - Wikipedia

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    Alvars. The Alvars (Tamil: ஆழ்வார், romanized: Āḻvār, lit. 'The Immersed') were the Tamil poet-saints of South India who espoused bhakti (devotion) to the Hindu preserver deity Vishnu, in their songs of longing, ecstasy, and service. [2] They are venerated in Vaishnavism, which regards Vishnu as the Ultimate Reality.

  9. List of Carnatic composers - Wikipedia

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    These are early stage composers that created the rules and foundations of classical music. Allama Prabhu (12th century) Andal (9th century) Tirugnana sambandar (7th century) Arunagirinathar (b.1480) Bhadraachala Raama daasu (1620–1688) Jayadeva, (12th Century) - Composed Gita Govinda. Prathama Vaggeyakara (First poet-composer) of Carnatic and ...