page_title: Music of India
section_title: Rabindra Sangeet (music of Bengal)
hierarchical_section_title: Music of India / Folk music / Rabindra Sangeet (music of Bengal)
caption_attribution_description: "Ra-Tha" wooden seal by en:Rabindranath Tagore.
context_page_description: The music of India includes multiple varieties of classical music, folk music, filmi, Indian rock, and Indian pop. Indian pop and Indian rock are derived from western rock and roll. India's classical music tradition, including Hindustani music, Bhartiya music and Carnatic, has a history spanning millennia and developed over several areas. Music in India began as an integral part of socio-religious life.
context_section_description: Rabindra Sangeet (Bengali: রবীন্দ্রসঙ্গীত Robindro Shonggit, [ɾobindɾo ʃoŋɡit]), also known as Tagore songs, are songs written and composed by Rabindranath Tagore. They have distinctive characteristics in the music of Bengal, popular in India and Bangladesh. "Sangeet" means music, "Rabindra Sangeet" means music (or more aptly songs) of Rabindra.
  Tagore wrote some 2,230 songs in Bengali, now known as Rabindra Sangeet, using classical music and traditional folk music as sources.
caption: Rabindranath Tagore's Bengali-language initials are worked into this "Ro-Tho" wooden seal, stylistically similar to designs used in traditional Haida carvings. Tagore embellished his manuscripts with such art.
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