Music of Andhra Pradesh
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Genres | Classical (Carnatic and Hindustani) - Rock - Pop - Hip hop | ||||||||
Awards | Bollywood Music Awards - Punjabi Music Awards | ||||||||
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Festivals | Sangeet Natak Akademi – Thyagaraja Aradhana – Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana | ||||||||
Media | Sruti, The Music Magazine | ||||||||
National anthem | "Jana Gana Mana", also national song "Vande Mataram" | ||||||||
Music of the states | |||||||||
Andaman and Nicobar Islands - Andhra Pradesh – Arunachal Pradesh – Assam – Bihar – Chhattisgarh – Goa – Gujarat – Haryana – Himachal Pradesh – Jammu – Jharkhand – Karnataka – Kashmir – Kerala – Madhya Pradesh – Maharashtra – Manipur – Meghalaya – Mizoram – Nagaland – Orissa – Punjab – Rajasthan – Sikkim – Tamil Nadu – Tripura – Uttar Pradesh – Uttaranchal – West Bengal |
Andhra Pradesh is a state of South India, known for classical dance of various kinds. Kuchipudi, a mixture of abhinaya and music, is the most unique kind of dance from the area. Perini, a special kind of shivataandavam (The dance of Shiva) also hails from this state. It had its origin as a warrior dance and almost always is performed by an all male group.