Abstract

India is a country rich in its cultures, heritage, and values. Every state has its traditions followed by the people residing in that state. Similarly, if we talk about music, India has a huge variety of music forms practiced in different regions of the country. Here, mainly we are about to discuss the association between two major styles of music, i.e, Classical music, and folk music. This article will help us understand the origin, meaning, and various folk and classical music forms. In addition, this paper includes a vision of how deeply folk music is connected to classical music. We will also find out about different ragas of classical music that originated purely from folk music. This paper also puts up some light on the various similarities and dissimilarities between folk music and classical music.