Top Indian Music Streaming websites

Music has a very special place in our hearts. It helps us to relax, enjoy, and sometimes work with more focus. Whether you are at work or at gym or at a coffee shop you always want to hear your favourite music. With Internet access everywhere and decrease in piracy, there is no need to download songs to your personal computer and transfer them to your device anymore. Instead you can stream music in many of the free music engines available for us. We have compiled a list of Indian music websites which are best in streaming music.

Saavn: www.saavn.com

Saavn is a free music listening and sharing website mainly for Indian music. It boasts to have one of the largest music directories with songs available in around 8 Indian languages and also includes songs in English. Its website is both technically and visually brilliant. Easy to use interface helps you browse through unlimited number of songs and play them on any device you want on the go. Saavn is now available for IOS, Android and JAVA. Song map is an interesting feature on its homepage which shows the current user activity on its website on a world map.


In music: www.in.com/music

In.com is a Network 18 group’s venture. Its music section features various genres of music that you can explore and listen to. You can even browse using any specific language, artist or even your mood. In.com’s radio stations come in handy too. You can either switch to a radio station or artist’s radio. With so many options to select and listen to In.com’s music is definitely one of the best to listen to Indian music online. So check out their website and listen to their song of the day for a good start to your day.

Gaana: www.gaana.com

The name says it all. Gaana in Hindi means “a song”.  The website features top albums on its home page and exclusive top 20 lists are shared according to the region. You can login to Gaana.com using your Facebook id and enjoy unlimited free music. Gaana.com is also mobile equipped with its apps and lets you enjoy music on the go. Gaana.com is a Times Internet Ltd’s initiative. It also features Radio Mirchi’s (FM radio station) top 20. Radio mirchi’s section also includes 4 other exclusive radio stations. Don’t wait! Start exploring Gaana.com now on your mobile or PC to listen to desi music.

Raaga: www.raaga.com

Raaga.com features songs composed in over 10 Indian languages and also offers Carnatic, Hindustani, Nirvana and world music. With one of the largest databases of Indian music raaga.com won PC world’s Best Music Website Award for the year 2008. Use raaga.com to discover new music from people with similar taste and connect with your friends worldwide. You can even share your playlists publicly and access thousands of public playlists. Tune-in to raaga.com to listen, recommend and discuss your favourite music today.

Dhingana: www.dhingana.com

Dhingana is a word from the Marathi language which means joy. The creators of Dhingana promise that you would experience this “Dhingana” when you listen to music using their service online. They have premiere access to many of the Bollywood films. Dhingana has music from over 15 languages, largest number of languages any website has ever featured. It even has a windows mobile app along with android, blackberry and apple for music freaks on the go. Visit Dhingana to have a world-class music listening experience.

Smash Hits: www.smashhits.com

Smashhits offers a wide range of music choice to its users with many genres and languages. My smash hits will allow you to create your own playlists and share it with your friends. Along with new music releases and top ten songs it also regularly updates its Bollywood today, which is a Bollywood news section. Bollywood videos, gossip and music combined, smashhits is a total package.

Sangeeth House: www.sangeethhouse.com

Sangeeth house provides users with an option to create their own jukebox and create a Myjukebox login. It has numerous live Indian radios which live stream music from a collection of genres and languages. Though the interface is a little bit clustered their service is fast. They stream Telugu, Tamil, Malyalam, and Bollywood music.

Saregama: www.saregama.com

If you are a fan of old Hindi classics or golden age music from Indian cinema then saregama.com is for you. Saregama India Limited was formerly known as the Gramophone Company of India. It is an Indian music company which uses labels Saregama, RPG music and HMV. Saregama.com is a collection of their music labels which is over half of all the music ever recorded in India. It is the source of much of South Asia’s musical heritage.  Saregama.com has the largest music archive and catalogue in India.

Google Music:  www.google.co.in/music

Google music India will allow you to browse through thousands of Indian cinema songs from their partner sites in.com, saavn and saregama. You can select a song and click play to listen to the song then and there without having to navigate to their partner site. This aggregate service will help you to search through a larger database of songs which makes it easy to find your favourite song without miss.

We have discussed the list of music websites in detail with their features and special services. Do you think we missed some of their important features or did we forget to mention a music service that does an excellent job in streaming Indian music? Then we would love to hear from you.  Please let us know by commenting in the section below.