What is a raga ? Can we have a definitive, last-word definition? Conventionally, a raga has to satisfy the following conditions — its scale should have at least five notes; two varieties of the same ...

The quintessential feature of classical music is the underlying “ bhakthi ” bhava that propells the raga bhava and intertwines with the sahitya. When a raga magically evokes the bhakthi rasa, some ...