Carnatic music is the tradition of Indian classical music that developed
in the southern states. It is based on fully composed musical pieces
called Kritis which, like the Italian sonata, have certain well established
structures that fully elaborate the raga in all its emotional and
textual ramifications. Supporting instruments in a Carnatic music
concert are the tambura, the mridangam, the ghatam, the Ganjira, the
violin and the morsing.
The Kriti is a whole concert in the Carnatic tradition and were composed
by saint singers like Thyagaraja, Muthuswamy Dikshitar and Shyama
Sastri. It was Swathi Thirunal, the musician monarch of the erstwhile
state of Travancore, who popularised Carnatic music in Kerala. The
Maharaja has composed over 400 Kritis in five different languages
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