Independent India’s first musical instrument, the Mohanveena, has been granted a historic patent after 78 years. The recognition marks a major milestone in preserving India’s musical heritage ...

Many vocal, instrumental and dance traditions have shaped India's diverse culture. Ghungroo bells worn on dancers’ feet, mridangam and tabla drums, ektara single-string instruments, Bharatanatyam ...

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari proposes replacing harsh vehicle horns with melodies from Indian instruments like flute, tabla, and violin to reduce noise pollution and promote India's musical heritage.

INDIAN music is a very ancient art and has a three-thousand-year-old tradition behind it. This represents perhaps the longest unbroken record of any cultural tradition we know. Countries like China ...

"The BRICS Melody project was conceived as a space of cultural dialogue in which music becomes a universal language of communication. Traditional musical instruments are the living history of nations, ...

An archaeologist studying musical horns from iron-age Ireland has found musical traditions, thought to be long dead, are alive and well in south India.The realization that modern Indian horns are ...