Pahadi

Indian Classical Raga

Pahadi is a janya raga in Carnatic music with an audava-vakra scale, omitting madhyamam and nishadam in ascent and using dhaivatam as a recurring note. The same name is used for a raga in Hindustani music.

Scale

ArohanamS R2 G3 P D2 P D2 S

AvarohanamN3 D2 P G3 M1 G3 R2 S N3 D2 P D2 S

Tradition

Carnatic

Mela

29

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Compositions in Pahadi raga

Composer: Annamaacaarya

Composer: Purandara Daasar

harikathe kELuva

Composer: Purandara Daasar

parama puruSam bhO

Composer: H.N. Muttayyah Bhaagavatar

tillAn2A dhIm tadhIm dhiran2A (pahADi)

Composer: S. KalyaaNaraaman

tvamEva sharaNam

Composer: Annamaacaarya

Close relatives

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

Bilahari
the same notes, moving differently
Desaksi
the same notes, moving differently
Bhupkalyani
uses M2 instead of M1 coming down
Lahari
leaves out N3 coming down
Mohanadhvani
leaves out M1 coming down
Mohanakalyani
uses M2 instead of M1 coming down

Janya ragas of Dheerasankarabharanam

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

Ahiri Nattai

S M1 G3 M1 P D2 N3 S

S N3 D2 P N3 P G3 M1 G3 S