Raag Devgandhari

 Raag Devgandhari
Raag Devgandhari is 6th Raag to appear in the raag wise collection of Shabads in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji. Devgandhari  is an ancient raag and is not sung among the mainstream Indian Classical Musicians these days. In Sri Guru Granth Sahib, Shababds in this raag are from pages 527 – 536;  9 pages; In total 47 hymns.This raag is considered as a morning time raag.
In Aroh Gandhar & Nishad are absent. Vadi: Madhyam, Samvadi: Sharaj. Jatti is Aurav Sampoorn. Thaat: Bilawal (Asawari ang). 

In Avroh, both Nishad & Dhavat are both komal and sudh. The use of komal Dhavat & Nishad in avroh is like this: Ma Pa Dh(k) Ni(k) Dh(k) P.

Raag Devgandhari

Aroh:

   Sa Re Ma, Pa Dha Sa

Avroh:

   Sa Ni Dha Pa, Ma Pa Dha(k) Ni(k) Dha(k) Pa, Ma Ga Re Sa.

Vadi:

    Ma

Samvadi:

    Sa

Pakar:

 Dh(k) Ni(k) Dha(k) Pa, Ma Ga, Sa Re Ma, Ga Sa Re Ga Sa Sa Re Ma.
 Illustrations of Raag Devgandhari:
 Dilruba 1: 

Dilruba 2: 


Shabads sung in Raag Devgandhari:

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