title: India's rich musical heritage has a lot to offer to modern psychiatry.
abstract: Music with its instantaneous pleasing effect can be an answer to misery. It is a form of art that is easily accessible anytime and anywhere. This article gives an overview of music therapy practiced in ancient India, its influence on emotion and mind, and speculates its possible clinical applications in the modern era based on the available scientific literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Mental Health, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
authors.forename: Sravanti L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Sanivarapu
keywords: Music therapy; Nada Yoga; Raga Chikitsa