Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Key Features of Shuddh Kalyan

The meend or glide from taar (upper) Sa to Dha must graze(kan) Ni and the meend from Pa to Ga must graze teevra Ma.  Watch the video for a demonstration.

The Ni and teevra Ma in the avrohee phrases are not pronounced, however when singing taans they are pronounced.

It is a poorvang pradhan raag which means you develop this raag a lot in the mandra and madhya saptaks.

Bhoopali, Deshkar and Shuddha Kalyan are samaprakritik raags. Care must be taken to avoid accidentally entering another raag’s territory.

Movement of notes: Languid

Mood: Happy, peaceful, romantic, devotional

Aaroh-Avroh

s gr g p sud su

su nd p Mg r, pg pr s

Vaadi, Samvaadi

g, d

Nyaas Swars g

Avrohee phrases: r, p

Jaati Audav-Sampoorna

Pakad n d Mp, pg pr s

Time 1st prahar of the evening (7 pm - 10 pm)

Thaat Kalyan


Raga Shuddha Kalyan is derived from Kalyan Scale. It is raga of Oudawa-Sampoorna jathi. Its ascent is S , RG , PDS and its descent is SNDP , MG , R , S. It used all the seven notes in descent and used in five notes in ascent. Raga Shuddha Kalyan catch notes are G , RS , NDP , S , GR , PR , S. Its vadi note is “G” and samavadi note is “D”.Raga Shuddha Kalyan is poorrangavadi raga because its vadi note “G” is in the first part of the octave. Raga Shuddha Kalyan is singing at 1st prahara of night.

  

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