Megh (raga)

Megh is a 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. These two ragas were merged and a new raga developed, raga Megh Malhar. The Carnatic music equivalent of this raga is Madhyamavati.

Theory

Arohana & Avarohana
Arohana:
Avarohana:
Pakad
Vadi & Samavadi
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
Organization & Relationships
Related ragas: Ragas of Malhar family, namely Megh Malhar, Miyan ki Malhar, Gaud Malhar, Ramdasi Malhar, Dhuliya Malhar, etc. as well as Madhmad Sarang.

Thaat: Kafi.
Mixture
The meaning of Megh in Sanskrit is 'Cloud'. This raga is usually sung or played in the Monsoon season. Another raga which describes rain is raga Malhar. Merging these two gives a new raga: Megh Malhar, which has elements of both these ragas.

Behaviour

Samay
Late night.
Seasonality
Raga Megh is associated with the monsoon.
Rasa
Gambhir rasa

Historical Information

Origins
This is one of the very old ragas found in Indian classical music.
This raga is connected to Lord Krishna, when he lifted Govardhan Parvat on his little finger during the Govardhan leela.

Legend

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.

Film songs

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A few songs are composed in Raga Madhyamavathi, the Carnatic equivalent of Megh.

Song	Film	Composer	Singer
Muthukkalo Kangal	Nenjirukkum Varai	M. S. Viswanathan	T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela
Kana Kaanum	Agni Sakshi	M. S. Viswanathan	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Saritha
Aagaya Gangai	Dharma Yuddham	Ilayaraja	Malaysia Vasudevan, S. Janaki
Tholvi Nilayenna Ninaithal	Oomai Vizhigal	Manoj-Gyan	P B Sreenivas, Abavanan, Chorus
Velli Malarae	Jodi	A. R. Rahman	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Mahalakshmi Iyer
Oru Deivam Thantha Poove	Kannathil Muthamittal	A. R. Rahman	P. Jayachandran, Chinmayi
Thumbi Thullal	Cobra	A. R. Rahman	Nakul Abhyankar, Shreya Ghoshal
Thom Karuvil Irunthom	Star	A. R. Rahman	Shankar Mahadevan
Ennai Konja Konja	Aathi	Vidyasagar	Hariharan, Sujatha Mohan

Important recordings

Amir Khan, Ragas Megh and Lalit, His Master's Voice LP (long-playing record), EMI-EASD1331
Pt Ajoy Chakraborty -Raag Megh