Carnatic Music today symbolizes an effort to bring an ancient performance practice to the contemporary audience and listener. What once was the traditional music of the temple halls and "darbars" (royal court concerts) - a music soaked in "bhakti" (devotion), "rasa" (emotion), and "manodharma" (personal creativity), is now re-contextualized incorporating a new pallet of sounds and innovative instrumentation to connect the audience to the inspiration of that tradition.
