Liquid Notes: How water flows through Indian music

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Water is intrinsically a part of the world around us, through rivers, rain, rituals and stories. So it is not surprising that it has found a home in Indian music. In music, as in life, water plays many roles – it nurtures, saves, destroys and unites.

Across Indian musical traditions, water has shaped how we feel, remember and imagine the world. This imagination around water is not limited to music alone; it appears even earlier in poetic traditions.

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