facts about music
facts about music
Along with Indian culture, the musical art here is also world famous. With the changing times, it has also changed a lot. Indian musicians and singers have been honored with various awards at many national and international levels. Come, let us know about some achievements of India related to this field.
Raga plays an important role in Indian music. It is said that there are more than 630 types of ragas.
There are pictures of musical instruments and dance postures of 30 thousand years old in caves located in the region called Bhimbetka in Madhya Pradesh of India.
The classical music of our country is divided into two parts. The first is Indian classical music and the second is Carnatic music. Of these two, Carnatic music is considered to be the oldest classical music.
Each state in India has a different folk music. For example, Baul from Bengal, Garba from Gujarat and Lavani from Maharashtra.
Pt. Vishnu Digambar Paluskar established the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya in Lahore in the year 1901. It has got the status of the first music school in India.
In our country's oldest text 'Rigveda', a detailed description has been given about music.
India's first female shehnai player is Bageshwari Qamar.
India's first folk music album is Banjaran, which contained folk songs from Rajasthan and Gujarat.
It is said that when Tansen of India used to sing Malhar raga, it started raining.
There are seven swaras in Indian music, which are as follows- Shadja (Sa), Rishabh (Re), Gandhar (G), Madhyam (M), Pancham (P), Ghevat (Dha) and Nishad (Ni).
India's famous song 'Jai Ho' received the Oscar Award in 2009. The song was written by Gulzar and Tanvi Shah together and the music was composed by A. R. It was Rahman. The lead singer of this song is Sukhwinder Singh, A. R. Rahman, Tanvi, Mahalakshmi Iyer and Vijay Prakash.
According to Hindu beliefs, Brahma gave music to Narada Muni as a boon.
The Dwarf Planet, discovered by the International Astronomical Union on 11 November 2006, has been named after the great classical singer Pandit Jasraj. It is considered an important achievement of Indian music.
Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia of India is a world famous flute player. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1992 and Padma Vibhushan in 2000 by the Government of India in the field of arts.

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