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Adi tala akshara aksharakala alankaras alapana angas anupallavi anyasvaras arohana arohana and avarohana audava avarohana avarta beauty bhagavatar Bhairavi bhajana bhakti Bharati bhasanga ragas bhava Charitram chatusruti classified composed compositions created dhatu drone drutam ektar ettugada Examples flute folk music gamakas give gotuvadyam Hence Indian music Iyer Jampa tala janya janya raga jāti kala Kalyani Kambhoji khanda kirtanas known Krishna kritis laghu lakshana lakshana gita madhyama Madhyamavati manodharma sangita mela melakarta melodic mridangam musical instruments musician Muthuswami Dikshitar nagasvaram notation notes operas ottu padas pallavi performance pieces played prayogas Purandara Dasa raga raga lakshana Rama rasa Rupaka tala sahitya sampurna sancharas sangatis Sankarabharana Sanskrit sapta talas shadja singer singing Siva songs sruti sthayi strings suddha sung svarajatis svarakshara svaras Syama Sastri tala tambura Tanjore temple Tiruvarur Tisra tuned tuntina Tyagaraja upanga vadyas vakra ragas variety varna vina violin