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Ayurveda has always laid special emphasis on maintaining and promoting health and preventing disease rather than curing disease. In modern science continuous and prolonged use of sedatives, tranquilizers, anxiolytics and hypnotics for treating various mental ailments resulted in rebound phenomenon and drug dependence causing further frustration and decline in mental status. Ayurveda is a spiritual science, having divine roots. Daivavyapashraya Chikitsa (divine therapy) which is mentioned in Ayurveda for mental disorders is derived mainly from Atharveda. It is a faith therapy used in management of Manasaroga. Faith is a part and parcel of human psychology. Music is an age-old part of Ayurveda, the holistic science which promotes a happy and healthy lifestyle. A Raag, in Indian classical music, is a melodic structure with fixed notes and a set of rules depicting a certain mood conveyed by a performer. Depending on their nature, a raga could induce or intensify joy or sorrow, anger or peace and it is this quality which has to be carefully understood to induce a specific emotion in the minds of the listeners. The doshas like Vata, Pitta and Kapha can be controlled effectively by Music Therapy. It is believed that for healing with music, it is necessary to vibrate the cells of the body, for it is through these vibrations that the diseased person's consciousness can be changed effectively to promote health.