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Mukhari

Indian Classical Raga

Mukhari is a janya raga of the 22nd melakarta Kharaharapriya. It is a heavy, introspective raga often described as sorrowful, though it also carries bhakti and shanta rasas. It is best rendered at a slow tempo with each note and gamaka clearly enunciated, and is traditionally sung in the afternoon.

Scale

ArohanamS R2 M1 P N2 D2 S
AvarohanamS N2 D1 P M1 G2 R2 S
↑SR1R2G2G3M1M2PD1D2N2N3S'↓SR1R2G2G3M1M2PD1D2N2N3S'
Tradition
Carnatic
Mela
22
Parent Raga
Kharaharapriya

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Close relatives

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

Janya ragas of Kharaharapriya

Other ragas derived from the same parent melakarta (mela 22)