
Data as Heritage: Metadata, Archiving, and the Future of Raga Knowledge Systems
For centuries, Indian Classical Music has been preserved through memory. The Guru–Shishya Parampara ensured that ragas, compositions, and stylistic nuances were transmitted through immersive learning, repetition, and lived experience. Knowledge was embodied — not documented. Even when recording technologies emerged, they captured sound, not structure. A performance could be heard,







































