Music of Maharashtra

Music of India
A lady playing the Tanpura, c. 1735 (Rajasthan)
Genres
Traditional Classical Carnatic Odissi Hindustani Folk Borgeet Baul Bhajan Shyama Sangeet Ramprasadi Rabindra Sangeet Nazrul Geeti Dwijendrageeti Atulprasadi Prabhat Samgiita Thumri Dadra Chaiti Kajari Sufi Ghazal Qawwali Modern Bhangra Bhangragga Blues Filmi Bollywood Ghazal Qawwali Chakwood Goa trance Dance Indi-pop Asian Underground Jazz Rock Bengali Raga
Media and performance
Music awards	Filmfare Awards Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
Music festivals	Saptak Festival of Music Chennai Music Season Dover Lane music festival Purandaradasa Aradhana Tyagaraja Aradhana Harivallabh Sangeet Sammelan
Music media	Sruti The Record
Nationalistic and patriotic songs
National anthem	Jana Gana Mana
Regional music
Andaman and Nicobar Islands Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Assam Bihar Chhattisgarh Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir Ladakh Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Odisha Punjab Rajasthan Sikkim Tamil Nadu Ancient Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand West Bengal

Maharashtra is a state of India. The region's folk heritage includes boards, gondolas, Lavanis-(Lavani or Lavni is all about how much emotion your face can propagate into. Mastery is different in this dance form and is Maharashtra's cherished factors which are disappearing rapidly.) Shahiris and Powada. Sharang Dev, a 13th-century composer, was from Maharashtra as well.

One of the semi-classical music forms of Maharashtra is " Natya Sangeet " which is a minor version of Musical Opera in the western world. Natya Sangeet or Sangeet Natak has almost a 200-year-old tradition in Maharashtra.

Maharashtra has produced more than its fair share of Classical and popular musicians. Vishnu Digambar Paluskar, Bhimsen Joshi, Bal Gandharva, Kumar Gandharv, C R Vyas, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhonsle, Ajay Pohankar, Kishori Amonkar, Vasantrao Deshpande, Jitendra Abhisheki, Shubham Bhatt and other luminaries.

It is also well known for Bollywood based music productions.

Music festivals in the area include Banganga Festival, the Pune Festival, Ellora Festival at Aurangabad, Sangeet Shankar Darbaar at Nanded, Sawai Gandharv Festival at Pune, and the Latur Festival.