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Devgandhari

Indian Classical Raga

dEvagAndhAri is a raga in Indian classical music. In Carnatic music it is a janya of the melakarta dhIra shankarAbharaNam, an audava-vakra-sampurna raga that sometimes uses the anya swara kaishiki nishadam. It also appears in the Sikh tradition and is part of the Guru Granth Sahib, where its performance time is the morning hours.

Scale

ArohanamS R2 M1 P D2 S
AvarohanamS N3 D2 P M1 G3 R2 S
↑SR1R2G2G3M1M2PD1D2N2N3S'↓SR1R2G2G3M1M2PD1D2N2N3S'
Tradition
Both
Mela
29
Parent Raga
Sankarabharana

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Close relatives

Ragas whose scale differs from Devgandhari's by a note or two.

Janya ragas of Dheerasankarabharanam

Other ragas derived from the same parent melakarta (mela 29)