Bihagara is an Indian musical raga (composition) that appears in the Sikh tradition from northern

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and is part of the

Guru Granth Sahib The Guru Granth Sahib ( pa, ਗੁਰੂ ਗ੍ਰੰਥ ਸਾਹਿਬ, ) is the central holy religious scripture of Sikhism, regarded by Sikhs as the final, sovereign and Guru Maneyo Granth, eternal Guru following the lineage of the Sikh gur ...

. Every raga has a strict set of rules which govern the number of notes and their interplay that has to be adhered to for the composition of a tune. The Guru Granth Sahib consists of 60 ragas and this is the twenty-second raga to appear in the series. The composition in this raga appears from page 537 to 557. The mood of Bihagara is that of extreme sadness and pain, which gives rise to the need to find peace and understanding. The heightened emotional state of sadness is only harnessed by the craving for truth and meaning. Bihagara is not given in the

Ragmala Ragmala, Raagmala, or Ragamala (Punjabi: ਰਾਗਮਾਲਾ ; pronounced rāgmālā) a composition of twelve verses, running into sixty lines that names various ragas, which appears in most ''saroops'' of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji after the c ...

. Today it is classified under the Bilaval thata. Guru Ram Das,

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and

Guru Tegh Bahadar Guru Tegh Bahadur ( Punjabi: ਗੁਰੂ ਤੇਗ਼ ਬਹਾਦਰ (Gurmukhi); ; 1 April 1621 – 11 November 1675) was the ninth of ten Gurus who founded the Sikh religion and the leader of Sikhs from 1665 until his beheading in 1 ...

set a total of 17 Shabads (hymns), chants and a var to this raga. The following represents the order of notes that can be used on the ascending and descending phase of the composition and the primary and secondary notes: * Aroh: Ni Sa Ga Ma Pa Ni Sa * Avroh: Sa Ni Dha Pa Ni Dha Pa Dha Ga Ma Ga Re Sa * Vadi: Ma * Samvadi: Sa

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Gurmat Sangeet Project

Raj Academy of Asian Music

Sikhnet: Shabad for Printing
{{Sikh Ragas Hindustani ragas Ragas in the Guru Granth Sahib

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