![]() ![]() ![]() The artists and listeners speak several different languages. If you are interested in this music, you would have noticed that, although called Karnāṭaka saṅgīta, it is popular in all the five major states of south India, and not just in the state of Karnataka. This article is an endeavor to show the rationale for the name Karnāṭaka saṅgīta (or Karnāṭaka music), and to show why the term “Carnatic music” has no traditional backing but is a contribution of the colonial hangover and the ignorance of many practitioners of this music about the history of our own great art form. The classical music of south India, also known as Karnāṭaka saṅgīta, is mistakenly termed as “Carnatic music”. ![]()
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