List of Indian state anthems

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India is a country in Asia. It is a union made up of states and union territories. Some of these states and territories have adopted anthems or songs for the use at state functions and ceremonies. In other states, songs have been proposed or are in popular, traditional or unofficial use.

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Official state anthems

State or union territorySong nameTranslated nameLanguageLyricist(s)Composer(s)Adopted
Flag of Andhra Pradesh.svg Andhra Pradesh Maa Telugu Thalliki [1] To Our Mother Telugu Telugu Sankarambadi Sundaraachari Suryakumari 1975 [2]
Flag of Assam, India.svg Assam O Mur Apunar Dekh [3] [4] O My Endearing Country! Assamese Lakshminath Bezbaroa Kamala Prasad Agarwala2013 [5]
Bihar Government Banner.png Bihar
  • The Rays of the Sun Prouds on My Speed
  • The Garland of My India
  • M. R. Chishti
  • Satya Narayan
2012
Chhattisgarh Flag(INDIA).png Chhattisgarh Arpa Pairi Ke Dhar [7] The Streams of Arpa and Pairi Chhattisgarhi Nardenra Dev Verma Nardenra Dev Verma 2019
Flag of Gujarat.svg Gujarat Jai Jai Garavi Gujarat [8] Victory to Proud Gujarat! Gujarati Narmadashankar Dave unknown2011
..Karnataka Flag(INDIA).png Karnataka Jaya Bharata Jananiya Tanujate, Jaya he Karnataka Maate [9] Victory to you Mother Karnataka, The Daughter of Mother India! Kannada Kuppali Venkatappa Puttappa Mysore Ananthaswamy 2004
..Madhya Pradesh Flag(INDIA).png Madhya Pradesh Mera Madhya Pradesh [10] My Madhya Pradesh Hindi Mahesh ShrivastavaMahesh Shrivastava2010
..Maharashtra Flag(INDIA).png Maharashtra Jai Jai Maharashtra Maza [11] Victory to My Maharashtra! Marathi Raja Badhe Shrinivas Khale 2023 [12]
Manipur Sana Leibak Manipur [13] [14] Manipur, Land of Gold Manipuri B. Jayantakumar Sharma Aribam Syam Sharma 2021 [15] [16]
..Orissa Flag(INDIA).png Odisha Bande Utkala Janani [17] I Adore Thee, O Mother Utkala! Odia Laxmikanta Mohapatra Laxmikanta Mohapatra 2020 [18]
Banner of Puducherry.png Puducherry Tamil Thai Valthu [19] Invocation to Mother Tamil Tamil Bharathidasan L. Krishnan2007
..Tamil Nadu Flag(INDIA).png Tamil Nadu Tamil Thai Valthu [20] Invocation to Mother Tamil Tamil Manonmaniam Sundaram Pillai M. S. Viswanathan 2021 [21]
Flag of Uttarakhand.svg Uttarakhand Uttarakhand Devabhumi Matribhumi [22] [23] [24] Uttarakhand, Land of the Gods, O Motherland! Hindi, Garhwali and Kumaoni Hemant Bisht Narendra Singh Negi 2016
West Bengal Banglar Mati Banglar Jol [25] [26] [27] The Soil of Bengal, The Water of Bengal Bengali Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore 2023

Unofficial and traditional state songs

State or union territorySong nameTranslated nameLanguageLyricist(s)Composer(s)
Flag of Arunachal Pradesh.svg Arunachal Pradesh Arunachal Hamara [28] [29] [30] Our Arunachal Hindi Bhupen Hazarika Bhupen Hazarika
Flag of the Government of Sikkim.svg Sikkim Jahan Bagcha Teesta Rangeet [31] [32] [33] [34] Where Teesta and Rangeet Flow Nepali Sanu LamaDushyant Lama
Flag of the Government of Telangana.svg Telangana Jaya Jaya He Telangana [35] Victory to Mother Telangana! Telugu Ande Sri Ande Sri
..Uttar Pradesh Flag(INDIA).png Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Sametata Khud ko Itihaas ke Pannon Mein [36] Uttar Pradesh Covers Itself in the Pages of History Hindi

Proposed state anthems

The governments of Goa, [37] Haryana [38] [39] Kerala, [40] [41] [42] Uttar Pradesh [43] are currently in the process of selecting official state songs.

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