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Music speaks what cannot be expressed, soothes the mind and gives it rest, heals the heart and makes it whole, flows from heaven to the soul. Indian music is known for its melody and richness of emotion. The roots of Indian music can be traced to Vedas (the religious books of knowledge). To many believers, music was created by God Himself. For them it was something divine, something heavenly. That is sole reason we find earlier Indian music as ritualistic with hymns sung to God (Bahagwan). Brahma the thought writer of Sema Veda patterned Indian music on three notes and it was sung in plain rhyme. This music then underwent modifications in the Mughal era by styles of Dhrupad, Dhamar, Khayal. Read the rest of this entry »