Bairāgī Bhairava

 

Ṭhāṭa : Bhairava

Āroha / avaroha : Sa re ma Pa ni Ṡa / Ṡa ni Pa ma re Sa

Jāti :  auḍuva / auḍuva

Vādī/ Samvādī : ma / Sa

Prahara :  6:00 – 9:00 am

Pakaḍa : re ma, ni Pa ma re, ṇi re Sa (Raganidhi)

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Bairāgī Bhairava is a recent raga popularized by the famous sitar player Pandit Ravi Shankar. The scale is direct and excludes the svara Ga and dha: Sa re ma Pa ni Ṡa / Ṡa ni Pa ma re Sa. Rules of interpretation for Bairāgī Bhairava are rather flexible. The svara ma and re are target notes that can be taken individually or approached jointly in avarohi (ma\re) and the slow oscillation (āndolana) on re can contribute to the evocation of the feeling of sorrow (karuṇā) usually associated with this beautiful morning raga.

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Calana :

Sa ṇi P̣a, P̣a ṇi Sa re- Sa, Sa re ma, ma re-, ma Pa ni Pa ma re, ṇi Sa re- Sa, re ma Pa ni Pa, ma Pa ni Ṡa | ni Pa ma Pa Ṡa, Pa ni Ṡa ṙe, ni Ṡa ṙe Ṡa, ni Ṡa ni Pa ma re, ma re, ni Pa ma re, ṇi Sa re Sa.