Music of Uttaranchal - Definition and Overview

Music of India
Genres
Classical (Carnatic and Hindustani)
Bhajan
Bhangra
Filmi
Ghazal
Rock, Pop and Hip hop
Timeline and Samples
Awards	Bollywood Music Awards - Punjabi Music Awards
Charts
Festivals	Sangeet Natak Akademi – Thyagaraja Aradhana – Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana
Media	Sruti, The Music Magazine
National anthem	"Jana Gana Mana", also national song "Vande Mataram"
Regional music
Andaman and Nicobar Islands - Andhra Pradesh – Arunachal Pradesh – Assam – Bihar – Chhattisgarh – Goa – Gujarat – Haryana – Himachal Pradesh – Jammu – Jharkhand – Karnataka – Kashmir – Kerala – Madhya Pradesh – Maharashtra – Manipur – Meghalaya – Mizoram – Nagaland – Orissa – Punjab – Rajasthan – Sikkim – Tamil Nadu – Tripura – Uttar Pradesh – Uttaranchal – West Bengal
Other South Asian music
Afghanistan - Bangladesh - Bhutan - Maldives - Nepal - Pakistan - Sri Lanka

Uttaranchal is a state of India There are many kinds of folk songs from the area, including styles like the ceremonial mandals, the martial panwaras, the melancholy khuded and thadya and jhoda.

Musical instruments used in Uttaranchal include the dhol, damoun, turri, ransingha, dholki, daur, thali, bhankora and masakbhaja. Tabla and harmonium are also in use.

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