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Todi Raagini
wife of Hindol
From the treatises
Todi is a woman playing the vina, and deer are attracted by the music.
tr. A. K. Coomaraswamy, Rajput Painting (1916) · Public domain
Divided from her darling, most unhappy in love, like a nun renouncing the world, this Todi abides in the grove and charms the hearts of the does.
tr. A. K. Coomaraswamy, Catalogue of the Indian Collections in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston — Part V: Rajput Painting (1926) · Public domain
3:30Raag TodiKhayal · 2003Ustad Fateh Ali Khan (Gawaliar)
5:51Raag HindolKhayal · 2011Pandit Milind Chittal▶ plays here in the mini-player · subscribe for the full library
About Raag Todi
Raag Todi evokes a loving devotion to God and leads to nirvana. This raag was popularized by Mian Taan Ras Khan and so now known as Raag Mian Ki Todi. Alternate names of this raag are Raag Darbari Todi, and Raag Shudh Todi. Mian ki Todi is derived from and very slightly different from Raag Shudh Todi.
The Hindol family
