[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935) › c6.4 # Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c6.4 Rāgas and Rāginīs: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c6.4 - **Language:** English ### [c6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.4) There is a long standing tradition, still surviving in current musical practices, that after Vālmīki had composed his \*Rāmāyaṇa\*, it was set to music by Bharata himself¹ and sung by Lava and Kuśa, who were fortunate in finding as their auditor Rāma himself. We have no means of knowing the character of the melodies to which the \*Rāmāyaṇa\* was sung. - [Previous: c6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.3) - [Next: c6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.5) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6) ## Linked texts (1) - [Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.4) · Pramāṇa