![]() ![]() The art form can trace its descent from the siddhars (tantric adepts) of ancient Tamilakam, to the compositions of early nineteenth-century Tamil Muslim Sufi mystic Kunangudi Masthan Sahib, to Samuel Vedanayagam Pillai, popularly known as the first Tamil novelist. Gaana singers have performed in the city for the past two centuries. The genre arose in the slums and burial grounds of Chennai. In literary Tamil, the word Gaanam (கானம்) means "tune", and in modern Hindi–Urdu gānā means "song". The term "gaanaa" is the colloquial word in Madras for "music", which is of Hindostani origin. Contemporary gaana bands are bringing the genre to new audiences while using it for social activism, especially against caste discrimination. Its popularity rose when it was brought to the music of the mainstream Tamil film industry. ![]() It is rap-like "collection of rhythms, beats and sensibilities native to the Chennai people." It evolved over the past two centuries, with influences ranging from the siddhars (tantric adepts) of ancient Tamilakam to rural Tamil folk music to Tamil sufi mystics. Gaana (or Gānā) is a genre of Tamil music, which is sung in the Madras Bashai dialect of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Tamil Sufi songs, siddhars of ancient Tamilakam, music of rural Tamil Nadu
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