Culture & Art of India


Classical Dances in India, Folk Dances in India, Tribal Dances in India

 Classical Dances of India
DanceState
Bharat NatyamTamil Nadu
BihuAssam
BhangraPunjab
ChhauBihar, Orissa, W. Bengal and Jharkhand
GarhwaliUttaranchal
GarbaGujarat
HattariKarnataka
KathakNorth India
KathakaliKerala
KutchipudiAndhra Pradesh
KhantummMizoram
KarmaMadhya Pradesh
LahoMeghalaya
MohiniattamKerala
MandoGoa
ManipuriManipur
NatiHimachal Pradesh
Nat-NatinBihar
OdissiOrissa
RaufJammu & Kashmir
YakshaganKarnataka
 Folk Dances in India and Tribal Dances in India
 States Dances
MaharashtraKathakeertan, Lezin, Dandaniya, Tamasha, Gafa, Dahikala, Lovani, Mauni, Dasavtar.
KarnatakaHuttari, Suggi Kunitha, Yakashagana
KeralaKaikottikali, Kaliyattam, Tappatikkali
Tamil NaduKolattam, Pinnal Kolattam, Kummi, Kavadi, Karagam
Andhra PradeshGhanta Mardala, Veedhi Natakam, Burrakatha
OrissaGhumara Sanchar, Chadya Dandanata, Chhau
West BengalKathi, Chhau, Baul, Kirtan, Jatra, Lama
AssamBihu, Khel Gopal, Rash Lila, Tabal Chongli, Canoe
PunjabGiddha (women), Bhangra (men)
J & KRauf, Hikat
Himachal PradeshJhora, Jhali, Dangli, Mahasu, Jadda, Jhainta, Chharhi
HaryanaJhumar, Ras Leela, Phag dance, Daph, Dhamal, Loor, Gugga, Khoria, Gagor
GujaratGarba, Dandiya Rass, Tippani, Gomph
RajasthanGinad, Chakri, Gangore, Terahtaal, Khayal, Jhulan Leela, Jhuma, Suisini
BiharJata Jatin, Jadur, Chhau, Kathaputli, Bakho, Jhijhiya, Samochakwa, Karma, Jatra, Natna
Uttar PradeshNautanki, Thora, Chappeli, Raslila, Kajri.
 Famous Dancer
BharatnatyamBala Saraswati, C. V. Chandrasekhar, Leela Samson, Mrinalini Sarabhai, Padma Subramanyam, Rukmini Devi, Sanyukta Panigrahi, Sonal Mansingh, Yamini Krishnamurti
KathakBharti Gupta, Birju Maharaj, Damayanti Joshi, Durga Das, Gopi Krishna, Kumudini Lakhia, Sambhu Maharaj, Sitara Devi
KuchipudiJosyula Seetharamaiah, Vempathi Chinna Sthyam
ManipuriGuru Bipin Sinha, Jhaveri Sisters, Nayana Jhaveri, Nirmala Mehta, Savita Mehta Debaprasad Das, Dhirendra Nath Pattnaik, Indrani Rahman, Kelucharan Mahapatra, Priyambaba Mohanty, Sonal Mansingh
Instrumentalists
SarodAli Akbar Khan, Allaudin Khan, Amjad Ali Khan, Buddhadev Dasgupta, Bahadur Khan, Sharan Rani, Zarin S. Sharma
TablaAlla Rakha Khan, Kishan Maharaj, Nikhil Ghosh, Zakir Hussain
ViolinBaluswamy Dikshitar, Gajanan Rao Joshi, Lalgudi G. Jayaraman, M. S. Gopala krishnan, Mysore T. Chowdiah, T. N. Krishnan
ShehnalBismillah Khan
SitarNikhil Banerjee, Ravi Shankar, Vilayat Khan, Hara Shankar Bhattacharya
FluteHari Prasad Chaurasia, Pannalal Ghose, T. R. Mahalingam
VeenaK. R. Kumaraswamy lyer, Doraiswami lyengar
Vocalists
HindustaniShubha Mudgal, Bheemsen Joshi, Madhup Mudgal, Mukul Shivputra, Pandit Jasraj, Parveen Sultana, Naina Devi, Girija Devi, Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Gangubai Hangal, Krishna Hangal, V. Rajput, Kumar Gandharva, Faiyyaz Khan, Mallikarjun Mansur, Kishori Amonkar, Ustad Rashid Khan.
CarnaticM. S. Subbalakshmi, Balamuralikrishna, Bombay Jaishree, H. K. Raghavendra, H. K. Venkataram, Sitarajam, Mani Krishnaswamy, Akhil Krishnan, M. L. Vasanthakumari, M. D. Ramanathan, G. N. Balasubramaniam
ThumriUstad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Ustad Mazhar Ali Khan, Ustad Zawad Ali Khan, Rita Ganguli, Poornima Chaudhary, Shanti Heerananda, Naina Devi
QuwwaliGhulam Hasan Niyazi, Sultan Niyazi, Ghulam Farid Nizami, Chand Nizami, Iqbal Hussain Khan Bandanawaji, Aslam Sabari
DhrupadUstad Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar, Zahiruddin Dagar, Waslfuddin Dagar, Bundecha Bandhu, Uday Bhawalkar, Pt. Abhay Narayan Mallick, Pt. Ritwik Sanyal

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