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  2. Odissi - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] [3] Odissi, in its history, was performed predominantly by women, [1] [4] and expressed religious stories and spiritual ideas, particularly of Vaishnavism through songs written and composed according to the ragas & talas of Odissi music by ancient poets of the state.

  3. Raga - Wikipedia

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    While ragas in Hindustani music are divided into thaats, ragas in Carnatic music are divided into melakartas. A raga ( IAST : rāga , IPA: [ɾäːɡɐ] ; also raaga or ragam or raag ; lit. ' colouring ' or ' tingeing ' or ' dyeing ' [ 1 ] [ 2 ] ) is a melodic framework for improvisation in Indian classical music akin to a melodic mode . [ 3 ]

  4. List of ragas in Hindustani classical music - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of various Ragas in Hindustani classical music.There is no exact count/known number of ragas which are there in Indian classical music.. Once Ustad Vilayat Khan saheb at the Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Festival, Pune said before beginning his performance – "There are approximately four lakh raags in Hindustani Classical music.

  5. Bhairav (raga) - Wikipedia

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    It is a sampurna raga that is traditionally performed in the morning and also as the beginning piece in concerts. It is the defining raga of its own Thaat. Raga Kalingda in Hindustani and Ragam Mayamalavagowla in Carnatic music have the same scale as Raga Bhairav, although the moods they create can be quite different due to the way they are ...

  6. Todi (thaat) - Wikipedia

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    Todi has Komal Rishab, Gandhar, and Dhaivat, as well as Teevra Madhyam. The Todi raga represents the mood of delighted adoration with a gentle, loving sentiment and it's traditionally performed in the late morning. [2]

  7. Manipuri dance - Wikipedia

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    The women characters are dressed, in doll-like Potloi costumes. [45] The brilliant design of the Potloi was conceived in a dream by Vaishnavite Meitei King Rajarshi Bhagyachandra, in which he saw his daughter dancing in a Potloi. The Potloi costumes for women are tailored such that it is avoids arousal of any unhealthy stimulus in the audience.

  8. List of Janya ragas - Wikipedia

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    Melakarta Ragas Janya ragas are Carnatic music ragas derived from the fundamental set of 72 ragas called Melakarta ragas, by the permutation and combination of the various ascending and descending notes. The process of deriving janya ragas from the parent melakartas is complex and leads to an open mathematical possibility of around thirty thousand ragas. Though limited by the necessity of the ...

  9. Alhaiya Bilaval - Wikipedia

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    Alhaiya Bilaval is a Hindustani classical raga. It is the most commonly performed raga of a large group of ragas that are mainly based on a scale more or less identical to the Western major scale. For this reason, that scale itself is known as the Bilaval Thaat. It is often simply referred to as Bilaval, although in the 17th century Alhaiya and ...