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Kedara

Indian Classical Raga

Kedaram is a janya raga of the 29th melakarta Shankarabharanam in Carnatic music. It is a vakra audava-shadava raga, with five zigzag notes in the ascent and six in the descent. It carries veera (heroic) rasa and is considered a regal, commanding and auspicious raga. It is traditionally sung in the morning and is rarely performed with extensive elaboration.

Scale

ArohanamS M1 G3 M1 P N3 S
AvarohanamS N3 P M1 G3 R2 S
Tradition
Carnatic
Mela
29
Parent Raga
Sankarabharana
Rasa
veera (heroic), regal, commanding
Time of Day
Morning

Compositions in Kedara raga

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Janya ragas of Dheerasankarabharanam

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