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Bhairvi Raagini

first wife of Bhairon

Bhairvi Raagini: Folio from a Raagmala series (Garland of Musical Modes)
Bhairvi Raagini: Folio from a Raagmala series (Garland of Musical Modes) · ca. 1640–50 · Mughal South Asia (Himachal Pradesh, Mandi) · Opaque watercolor, silver, gold and ink on paper · Page: 26.8 x 20.5 cm (10 9/16 x 8 1/16 in.); Image: 22.9 x 16.5 cm (9 x 6 1/2 in.) · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · metmuseum.org →

From the treatises

Bhairvi is a Siva puja.

tr. A. K. Coomaraswamy, Rajput Painting (1916) · Public domain

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About Raag Bhairvi

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Widely regarded as the queen of melodies, Raag Bhairvi is a spiritual raag rooted in the land of the Pakistani/Indian subcontinent. Raag Bhairvi is said to be one of the five wives of Raag Bhairva.

The Bhairon family

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