Mesmerising Raag Lalit | Indrani Mukherjee | Kirana-Rampur Khayal | Music of India

#darbarfestival | Lalit is an oddly-shaped raga intended for the sunrise hours. Indrani Mukherjee sings a solo rendition in West Bengal, showcasing the Kirana-Rampur gharana of khayal.

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Indrani Mukherjee is a vocalist from Kolkata, who performs khayal in the Kirana-Rampur style and thumri in Purab Ang. After training in the family she studied under gurus from Allahabad and Benares, and was selected as a scholar of the ITC Sangeet Research Academy. She currently receives taleem from Arun Bhaduri while pursuing a successful performance career. Hear more of Indrani here:
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Lalit is an oddly-shaped raga intended for performance around the time of sunrise. Its modern form takes the notes SrGmMdNS, with shuddha Ma as the vadi [king note]. Note the absence of Pa, and the adjacent use of both tivra and shuddha Ma in descent - a rare, perhaps even unique feature (twin-swara ragas typically permit one version of the note in ascent and the other in descent). This leads some to say that the tivra Ma functions as a kind of komal Pa in practice - something supposedly forbidden in Hindustani classical (although the concept is mentioned in ancient texts such as the Natya Shastra).

Different traditions may use either a komal or a shuddha Dha, and others hold that it is in fact a microtone somewhere between these two tones. It is similar to Carnatic Raga Lalitha, suggesting a common source. Hear more of Lalit here:
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-Budhaditya Mukherjee (sitar) |    • Sitar on Fire | Raag Lalit (Part 2) | Pand...  
-Rajendra Prasanna (bansuri) |    • Enchanting Raag Lalit | Pandit Rajendra & ...  

Recorded by Darbar on location in Bawali, West Bengal:
-Indrani Mukherjee (khayal vocal)

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