Megh (raga)

Megh is a Hindustani classical raga. The meaning of Megh in Sanskrit is 'Cloud'. Hence this raga is mostly sung or played in the Monsoon season. Another raga which describes rain is raga Malhar. So these 2 ragas where merged and a new raga was developed, this raga is raga Megh Malhar.

Megh (raga)
ThaatKafi
Time of dayAny time during the rainy season
SeasonRainy season
ArohanaS m R m P n S'
AvarohanaS' n P m R m 'n R S
PakadR R S 'n S m R P m R 'n S
VadiSa
SamavadiPa
Hindustani classical music
Concepts
Genres
Thaats

Theory

Arohana & Avarohana

Arohana: S m R m P n S'

Avarohana: S' n P m R m 'n R S

Pakad

R R S 'n S m R P m R 'n S

Vadi & Samavadi

In this raga vadi is Sa and samavadi is Pa - Re is used a lot but always sliding down from M, n always slides from P

Organization & Relationships

Related ragas: Ragas of Malhar family, namely Megh Malhar, Miyan ki Malhar, Gaud Malhar, Ramdasi Malhar, Dhuliya Malhar, etc. as well as Madhmad Sarang.
Thaat: Kafi.

Mixture

The meaning of Megh in Sanskrit is 'Cloud'. Hence this raga is mostly sung or played in the Monsoon season. Another raga which describes rain is raga Malhar. So these 2 ragas where merged and a new raga was developed, this raga is raga Megh Malhar. So raga Megh has mixture with raga Malhar which forms raga Megh Malhar.

Behavior

Samay (Time)

Late night.

Seasonality

Raga Megh is commonly associated with the monsoon season. Because the meaning of Megh in Sanskrit is 'Cloud'. Hence this raga is mostly sung or played in the Monsoon season.

Rasa

Gambhir rasa

Historical Information

Origins

This is one of the very old ragas found in Indian classical music. This raga is related from Lord Krishna time period, when Govardhan Parvat (mountain) was on Lord Krishna's short finger during the Govardhan leela, then Lord Shiva generated a Damru sound to protect Lord Krishna. That sound which was generated by the Damru was raga MEGH....

Legend

There is legend stating that Tansen's physical agony after singing Raga Deepak (Poorvi Thaat) was pacified with listening to Raga Megh Malhar rendered by two sisters, Tana and Riri.

Film Songs

Language:Tamil
Song Movie Composer Singer
Muthukkalo Kangal Nenjirukkum Varai M.S.Viswanathan T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela
Velli Malarae Jodi A. R. Rahman S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Mahalakshmi Iyer
Thumbi Thullal(Abheri traces also) Cobra Nakul Abhyankar, Shreya Ghoshal
Ennai Konja Konja Aathi Vidyasagar Hariharan, Sujatha Mohan

Important Recordings

References

The Raga Guide: A Survey of 74 Hindustani Ragas. Zenith Media, London: 1999.

Ramashreya Jha explains difference between Sarang and Megh http://www.parrikar.org/hindustani/sarang/

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