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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox raga<br />
| name = Megh (raga)<br />
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| thaat = [[Kafi (thaat)|Kafi]]<br />
| type = <br />
| time = Any time during the rainy season<br />
| season = Rainy season<br />
| arohana = S m R m P n S'<br />
| avarohana = S' n P m R m 'n R S<br />
| vadi = Sa<br />
| samavadi = Pa<br />
| pakad = R R S 'n S m R P m R 'n S<br />
| chalan =<br />
| synonym = <br />
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{{Hindustani Classical Music}} <br />
'''Megh''' is a [[Hindustani classical music|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]].<br />
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== Theory ==<br />
'''Arohana & Avarohana'''<br />
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[[Arohana]]: S m R m P n S'<br />
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[[Avarohana]]: S' n P m R m 'n R S<br />
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'''Pakad'''<br />
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R R S 'n S m R P m R 'n S<br />
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'''Vadi & Samavadi'''<br />
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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<br />
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'''Organization & Relationships'''<br />
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Related ragas: Ragas of [[Raga Malhar|Malhar]] family, namely [[Megh Malhar]], [[Malhar|Miyan ki Malhar]], [[Gaud Malhar]], Ramdasi Malhar, Dhuliya Malhar, etc. as well as [[Sarang ragas|Madhmad Sarang]].<br /><br />
[[Thaat]]: [[Kafi]].<br />
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'''Mixture'''<br />
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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]].<br />
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== Behavior ==<br />
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'''Samay (Time)'''<br />
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Late night.<br />
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'''Seasonality'''<br />
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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.<br />
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'''Rasa'''<br />
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Gambhir rasa<br />
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== Historical Information ==<br />
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'''Origins'''<br />
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This is one of the very old ragas found in [[Indian classical music]].<br />
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....<br />
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===Legend===<br />
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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]].<br />
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== Film Songs ==<br />
=== Language:[[Tamil language|Tamil]] ===<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
!Song<br />
!Movie<br />
!Composer<br />
!Singer<br />
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|Muthukkalo Kangal<br />
|[[Megh B. Patel (1967 film)|Nenjirukkum Varai]]<br />
|[[M.S.Viswanathan]]<br />
|[[T. M. Soundararajan]], [[P. Susheela]]<br />
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|Velli Malarae<br />
|[[Jodi (1999 film)|Jodi]]<br />
|rowspan=2|[[A. R. Rahman]]<br />
|[[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[Mahalakshmi Iyer]]<br />
|-<br />
|Thumbi Thullal(Abheri traces also)<br />
|[[Cobra (upcoming film)|Cobra]]<br />
|[[Nakul Abhyankar]], [[Shreya Ghoshal]]<br />
|-megh atel<br />
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|Ennai Konja Konja<br />
|[[Aathi]]<br />
|[[Vidyasagar (composer)|Vidyasagar]]<br />
|[[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]], [[Sujatha Mohan]]<br />
|}<br />
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==Important Recordings==<br />
* [[Amir Khan (singer)|Amir Khan]], Ragas Megh and Lalit, [[HMV]] [[LP record|LP (long-playing record)]], EMI-EASD1331<br />
* Pt [[Ajoy Chakraborty]] -Raag Megh (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg6LDWgv4Tc)<br />
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==References==<br />
''[[The Raga Guide|The Raga Guide: A Survey of 74 Hindustani Ragas]]''. Zenith Media, London: 1999.<br />
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''[[Ramashreya Jha]] explains difference between Sarang and Megh http://www.parrikar.org/hindustani/sarang/<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070514235610/http://www.itcsra.org/sra_others_samay_index.html SRA on Samay and Ragas]<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070514234610/http://www.itcsra.org/sra_raga/sra_raga_that/sra_raga_that_index.html SRA on Ragas and Thaats]<br />
* [http://www.parrikar.org Rajan Parrikar on Ragas]<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190221175506/http://oceanofragas.com/ocean_htmlpages/Megh.html More details about raga Megh]<br />
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