Indian classical

The origins of Indian classsical music, the classical music of India, can be found from the oldest of scriptures, part of the

The origins of Indian classsical music, the classical music of India, can be found from the oldest of scriptures, part of the Hindu tradition, the Vedas. Samaveda, one of the four Vedas, describes music at length.

The prime themes of Hindustani music are Rasleela (Hindu devotionals) of Krishna and Nature in all its splendour. Gangubai Hangal, Bhimsen Joshi, Ravi Shankar, Lalmani Misra, Hariprasad Chaurasia and Zakir Hussain, Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, Alauddin Khan, Annapurna Devi, Ali Akbar Khan, Bahadur Khan, Aashish Khan, Kishori Amonkar, and Satyasheel Deshpandeare the arts' most popular living performers.