Music of Maharashtra

Music of India
	A Lady Playing the Tanpura, c. 1735 (Rajasthan)
Genres
	Traditional Classical Carnatic; Hindustani; ; Folk; Borgeet; Baul; Bhajan; Odissi; Rabindra Sangeet; 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; Kashmir, Jammu and 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.

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