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Trace lineage of maestros of today to all time greats of
yesteryears in Gharanas. We dwell on each gharana separately and then
present a hierarchy structure of the same depicting
the Guru - Shishya parampara.
View the complete biographies of most of the well known
artists
in detail in Maestros. View current schedule of that maestro
and also
purchase any commercial products of that maestro released.
In
Ragas view useful details of popular
ragas at a glance, including Aaroha, Avroha, Vadi and
Samvadi. Film songs based on that raga can also be viewed here.
The
History Section dwells on the transition of classical
music from samaveda to that in its present state. It mentions
the various vocal forms since then and also gives a small
preview of that.
The
Talas section , describes about the various popular
talas and highlights its beat structure.
The
Dances section elaborates about the seven basic dance
forms of Bharatnatyam, Kathak, Kathakali, Odissi, Mohiniattam,
Manipuri and Kuchipudi.
The
Instruments section dwells about the characteristics of
each instrument and briefly goes through its history.
Some of the prime objectives of the
site are:
a) Promote
artists, both established and upcoming, by featuring them on
our site, through listings of the biographies, concert
schedules, commercial products released, audio samples of
their recitals etc.
b) Create a
unique platform for Students and Teachers of Indian
Classical Music,worldwide, to meet, through exhaustive
sections on Student and Teacher listings respectively.
The site
contains references to history of Indian Classical Music,
write up on Gharanas, biographies of Maestros and also
covers Taals & related information about
the ragas, dances & instruments.
The
site contains available information on Indian Classical
Music covering events / festivals
/ concerts and schedule(s) of individual artists.
Also, please
share your views on the
discussion board
do visit the
articles
section on the site.
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