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'''Bhimsen''' is a [[rāga]]m in [[Carnatic music]] and [[Hindustani classical music|Hindustani music]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-08-10 |title=Bengaluru composer creating new ragas |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/metrolife/metrolife-your-bond-with-bengaluru/bengaluru-composer-creating-new-ragas-1018393.html |access-date=2023-01-13 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref>(Indian classical music scale) created by music composer {{Interlanguage link|Mahesh Mahadev|kn|ಮಹೇಶ್ ಮಹದೇವ್}}.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Mary |first=S. B. Vijaya |date=2021-08-05 |title=Mahesh Mahadev's experiments with ragas |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/experimenting-with-ragas/article35742833.ece |access-date=2023-01-23 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> named after ‘Bharat Ratna’ Pandit [[Bhimsen Joshi]] (BHIM) Miaya [[Tansen]] (SEN).<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Bharatiya Samagana Sabha |url=http://archive.org/details/saamagana-indian-classical-music-magazine-july-2018 |title=Saamagana Indian Classical Music Magazine July 2018 - India's Monthly Classical Music Magazine |date=2018-07-09}}</ref> It is the Janya raga of 11th ''[[Melakarta]]'' rāgam [[Kokilapriya]] in the 72 ''melakarta'' rāgam system of Carnatic music. {{Interlanguage link|Mahesh Mahadev|kn|ಮಹೇಶ್ ಮಹದೇವ್}} introduced this raga to Indian classical music by composing two [[Hindustani classical music|Hindustani]] [[Bandish]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2021-07-17 |title=Bhimsen Raga - A Raga Discovered by Mahesh Mahadev |url=https://maheshmahadev.com/raga-bhimsen/ |access-date=2023-01-23 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Pinto |first=Arun |date=2023-01-19 |title=Sri Tyagaraja - a New Raga in Carnatic Music by Mahesh Mahadev |url=https://newskarnataka.com/karnataka/bengaluru/sri-tyagaraja-a-new-raga-in-carnatic-music-by-mahesh-mahadev/19012023 |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=News Karnataka |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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== Structure and Lakshana ==<br />
[[File:Kokilapriya_scale.svg|thumb|300x300px|Descending is same as ''Kokilapriya'' scale with Shadjam at C]]<br />
Bhimsen is an asampoorna rāgam (asymmetric scale) that does not contain rishabham and dhaivatam in the ascending scale. It is an audava-sampurna rāgam (owdava rāgam, means pentatonic in ascending scale). {{IAST|ārohaṇa-avarohaṇa}} of this raga as follows.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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* [[Arohana|{{IAST|ārohaṇa}}]]: {{svaraC|S|3=G2|4=M1|5=P|7=N3|8=S'|foot=yes}}<br />
* [[Avarohana|{{IAST|avarohaṇa}}]]: {{svaraC|S'|N3|D2|P|M1|G2|R1|S|foot=yes}}<ref name=":2" /><br />
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The notes used in this raga are ''shadjam, sadharana gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, kakali nishadham in the arohanam and'' ''shuddha rishabham and chathusruthi dhaivatham added in the avarohanam of the raga''. It is a ''audava - sampurna rāgam.''<br />
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== Compositions ==<br />
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* '''<nowiki/>'Giridhar Gopal Shyam'''<nowiki/>' Roopaktal, [[Vilambit]]h and [[Madhyalaya|Madhyalay]] [[Bandish]]<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharma |first=Vishal |date=2019-02-05 |title=Mahesh Mahadev - Indian Talent Magazine {{!}} Musician |url=https://www.indiantalentmagazine.com/2019/02/05/mahesh-mahadev/ |access-date=2023-01-24 |language=en-US}}</ref> written and composed by {{Interlanguage link|Mahesh Mahadev|kn|ಮಹೇಶ್ ಮಹದೇವ್}} sung by [[Jayateerth Mevundi]]<br />
* '''<nowiki/>'Man ke Mandir Ayore'''' [[Teental]] [[drut]] [[Bandish]] written and composed by {{Interlanguage link|Mahesh Mahadev|kn|ಮಹೇಶ್ ಮಹದೇವ್}} sung by [[Jayateerth Mevundi]]<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{Melakarta ragas|state=collapsed}}<br />
{{Janya|state=collapsed}}<br />
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[[Category:Janya ragas]]<br />
[[Category:Hindustani ragas]]<br />
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