Hindustani music is practiced in the northern parts of India. The Hindustani branch of music focuses more on the musical structure and the possibilities of improvisation in it. The Hindustani branch adopted a scale of Shudha Swara Saptaka or the ‘Octave of Natural notes.
There are ten main styles of singing in Hindustani music like the ‘Dhrupad’, ‘Dhamar’, ‘Hori’, ‘Khayal’, ‘Tappa’, ‘Chaturang’, ‘Ragasagar’, ‘Tarana’, ‘Sargam’ and ‘Thumri’.

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Bhaona is a traditional form of entertainment dance prevalent in the state of Assam. It was created by Sankaradeva. He himself wrote seven dramas (called Onkia Naat) for performance in Bhaona. The plays of Bhaona are popularly known as Ankiya Nats and their staging is known as Bhaona.

The features of Nagara style are:
• The temples generally followed the Panchayatan style of temple making, which consisted of subsidiary shrines laid out in a crucified ground plan with respect to the principal shrine.
• There were no water tanks or reservoirs present in the temple premises. These were present generally in Dravida School of architecture.
• The temples were generally built on upraised platforms.

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