Gorakh Kalyāṇa

 

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Ṭhāṭa : Khamāja

Jāti : auḍuva / auḍuva

Āroha / avaroha : Sa Re ma Dha ni Ṡa / Ṡa ni Dha ma Re Sa

Vādī / Samvādī : ma / Sa

Prahara : 9 pm - 12 am

Pakaḍa : Sa Re ma, ma Re, (Sa)ṇi, ṇi Ḍha Sa (Abhinava Gītanjali)

 

Gorakh Kalyāṇa has established itself as an important raga during the first half of the twentieth century (Rao, p. 86). Some musicologists suggest that this raga could be a creation of Gorakhnāth, founder of the nāthayogi religious cult associated with the origin of the hatayoga, others claim that it would come from folk songs of Gorakhpur, a district of Northern India. Despite its name, Gorakh Kalyāṇa doesn’t carry any of the  Kalyāṇa ṭhāṭa's characteristics, it is rather classified in Khamāja ṭhāṭa. This raga is pentatonic, however, some musicians include a touch of Pa in the descending passages. The svara ma, Sa and ṇi are important viśrānti svara. The svara ni may be skipped in the ascending movements leading to Sa: Re ma Re Sa ṇi, ṇi Ḍha Sa; ma Dha ni Dha Ṡa. Gorakh Kalyāṇa is a soothing raga that expresses its ethos through slow and graceful melodic developments.

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Calana:

Sa Re ma Re Sa ṇi, ṇi Ḍha Sa, Ḍha Sa Re ma, Re ma Dha ni Dha, ma Dha ni Dha Ṡa | Ṡa Dha ni Dha ma, Re ma Re Sa ṇi, ṇi Ḍha Sa.

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