Is Music an important part of the practice of Hinduism?

Answer 1

No it's not , It's upto if you are interested in it or not , During the 17s (1700 AD) there used to be a singer called "Tansen" , he actually had the miraculous power of singing ,

there are some singing notes called "Ragas" which were invented by Hindu musicians somewhere around BC , anyway , the ragas are extremely powerful if you have the capability to sing them to the ACTUAL rhythm they are meant to be , during the 17s it was "Akbar's" i.e. Mughal's rule over India , but yet , the tansen was the personal singer of akbar ,and sometimes when he was in his best , he used to sing the ragas on full of his power , he used to sing a raga called "Megh Raga" , and it actually USED to RAIN!

And maybe there was a raga called "Deep Raga" The Deep is not the English deep , but the Hindi deep which stands for a lamp which is made of mud like the mud used for pottery , And when he used to sing that raga , all the deeps which were un-lighted USED TO LIGHT!

SO there you go for the info , lol I know I gave way too much info , but it was to proove that YES Hinduism is NOT fake , was NEVER fake , and NEVER will be. XD

Answer 2

no, it is not compulsory to practice music in Hinduism. Hinduism is very ddeply connected with art, thus one might play music if he like.