Heritage - Carnatic Music 
In India, there is a vast plethora of folk music and country music which varies according to locality.
Though folk songs also follow the same base, classical music requires immense training
& practice.
Classical Indian
music can be classified into two distinct categories, the North Indian or Hindustani &
the South Indian or Carnatic music. The essential features & basis of both the styles
are the same, in the sense that both are spiritualistic in nature. Foreign influences due
to invasions by Persians, Arabs,.. are more evident in the Hindustani form. There has been
a constant intermingling & the styles that have evolved are the products of these
various currents.
CARNATIC MUSIC
Carnatic music
originated in the fertile plains of the river Cauvery delta and flourished through the ages.
Vaggeyakaras are the persons who composed many songs which are rendered in its
original form to date.
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The Trinities of Carnatic
Music, Saint Thyagaraja, Muthuswamy Dikshithar and Syama Shastri were all born in
Thiruvarur near Thanjavur and the songs composed by them have explored & exhibited the
depth and the rich feeling in this form. The other notable composers are Patnam
Subramaniya Iyer, Papanasam Sivan, Raja Swathi Thirunal, Annamacharyar,
Purandaradasar.
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The subject matter of the songs mainly dealt with the
various Gods and Goddesses, extolling their lives, their virtues, reflecting the varied
moods of humans like happiness, gratitude, fear, sorrow. Though Composers have also
dealt with subjects like patriotism, natures bounty etc., their soul and heart were to a
very great extent limited to the deities they considered prime. Music was also looked upon
as a means of attaining Moksha ( Salvation ).
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