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Sixth prahar — early night · 21:00–00:00
Durga
दुर्गा
Powerful, composed night raga (not to be confused with Mata Durga stuti songs). Pentatonic, omits G + N.
The shape of this raga
- Thaat
- Bilawal
- Jati
- audava
- Vadi / Samvadi
- M / S
- Primary rasa
- vira
- Graha
- Jupiter
- Chakra
- manipura
- Ritu
- —
- Part of day
- night
Dosha effect
Vata ±0 · Pitta -1 · Kapha ±0(−2 pacifies · +2 aggravates)
Balanced, even-tempered pentatonic — pacifies pitta while steadying the mind with fearless resolve.
On Jupiter: Invokes goddess energy; the stable M-vadi and fearless mood align with Guru's clarity and righteousness.
Recordings (6)
Aalaap
Unmetered exploration of the raga's sonic shape.
Durga Aalaap
bansuri · 11.3 MB
Full rendition
Complete rendition — aalaap, bandish, and development.
Sitar - Flute Duet - Purbayan Chatterjee (sitar) and Shashank Subramanyam (flute) - Raga Durga
instrumental
