Raag Lists & Descriptions

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Ustad Vilayat Khan is said to have said once: “There are approximately about 4 lakh raags in Indian Classical Music. Many are repetitious but do have different names!” There is no accurate count of the total number of raags in practice today, but it is definitely a large number!

Here is a representative Quicklist of some Raags followed by Complete Masterlists of all Raags, some common, some rare, some extinct!

1. Abhogi
2. Adana
3. Ahir Bhairav
4. Alhaiya Bilaval
5. Asavari

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Masterlist of all Raags with Names starting with “A”

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1. Bageshree
2. Bahar
3. Bairagi
4. Barva
5. Basant Bahaar
6. Basant
7. Basant Mukhari
8. Bhairav
9. Bhairavi 
10. Bhatiyar
11. Bhimpalasi
12. Bhinna Shadaj 
13. Bihag 
14. Bilaskhani Todi
15. Brindavani Sarang

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Masterlist of all Raags with Names starting with “B”

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1. Chandrakauns
2. Chandranandan
3. Charukeshi 
4. Chhayanat

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Masterlist of all Raags with Names starting with “C”

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1. Darbari Kanhada
2. Deepak
3. Des
4. Desi 
5. Devgandhar
6. Dhani
7. Durga

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Masterlist of all Raags with Names starting with “D”

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1. Gara
2. Gaud Malhar
3. Gaud Sarang
4. Gurjari Todi

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Masterlist of all Raags with Names starting with “E”, “F” & “G”

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1. Hameer
2. Hamsadhwani
3. Hemant
4. Hindol

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Masterlist of all Raags with Names starting with “H”

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1. Jaijaivanti
2. Jaunpuri
3. Jansammohini
4. Jhinjhoti
5. Jogiya
6. Jogkauns

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Masterlist of all Raags with Names starting with “I” & “J”

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1. Kafi
2. Kalavati
3. Kalingda
4. Kalyan or Yaman
5. Kamod
6. Kaushik Dhvani
7. Kaunsi Kanhada
8. Kedar
9. Khamaj
10. Kirvani

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Masterlist of all Raags with Names starting with “K”

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1. Lalit

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Masterlist of all Raags with Names starting with “L”

1. Maand
2. Malgunji
3. Manomanjari
4. Maru Bihag
5. Marwa
6. Megh

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Masterlist of all Raags with Names starting with “M”

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1. Nandkauns
2. Nat Bhairav
3. Nayaki Kannada

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Masterlist of all Raags with Names starting with “N”

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1. Pahadi
2. Parameshvari
3. Patdeep
4. Piloo
5. Pooriya Dhanashree

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Masterlist of all Raags with Names starting with “O” & “P”

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1. Rageshree

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Masterlist of all Raags with Names starting with “Q” & “R”

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1. Shivaranjani
2. Shuddh Malhar
3. Sindhu Bhairavi
4. Sohini

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Masterlist of all Raags with Names starting with “S”

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1. Tilang

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Masterlist of all Raags with Names starting with “T”

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1. Vibhas
2. Yaman

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Masterlist of all Raags with Names starting with “U”, “V”, “W” ,”X” ,”Y”, “Z”

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