"kirtana (Bengali: \u0995\u09C0\u09B0\u09CD\u09A4\u09A8; Kannada: \u0C95\u0CC0\u0CB0\u0CCD\u0CA4\u0CA8\u0CC6; Marathi: \u0915\u0940\u0930\u094D\u0924\u0928; Punjabi: \u0A15\u0A40\u0A30\u0A24\u0A28; Hindi: \u0915\u0940\u0930\u094D\u0924\u0928; Telugu: \u0C15\u0C40\u0C30\u0C4D\u0C24\u0C28; Tamil: \u0B95\u0BC0\u0BB0\u0BCD\u0BA4\u0BCD\u0BA4\u0BA9\u0BC8; Sanskrit (IAST): k\u012Brtana; Sanskrit for \"praise; eulogy\"; also sankirtana) is call-and-response chanting performed in India's bhakti devotional traditions. A person performing kirtana is known as a kirtankara or, colloquially, a \"kirtaneera\"."@en . . .