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Kirtan or kirtana (Bengali: কীর্তন; Punjabi: ਕੀਰਤਨ Hindi: कीर्तन ;Telugu:కీర్తన ;Sanskrit for praise; eulogy; also sankirtan) is call-and-response chanting performed in India’s bhakti devotional traditions. A person performing kirtan is known as a kirtankar or colloquially a kirtaneer. Kirtan practice involves chanting hymns or mantras to the accompaniment of instruments such as the harmonium tablas the two-headed mrdanga or pakhawaj drum and hand cymbals (karatalas).
