Thaat
Bhairav
A grave and devotional thaat often linked with dawn expression.
Understanding this thaat
A thaat is a parent scalar family that groups raags by shared note material. The Bhairav thaat provides a foundational set of swaras from which many distinct raags emerge, each with its own phrase grammar, mood, and performance identity. Two raags in the same thaat can sound very different depending on their aaroh, avroh, vadi, samvadi, and phrase treatment.
Browsing by thaat is one useful starting point for understanding scalar relationships, but it should not be mistaken for a complete picture of melodic identity.
Raags in Bhairav thaat
Ahir Bhairav
अहीर भैरव
An early-morning raag blending Bhairav's komal Re with shuddh Ni, creating a warm devotional color.
Thaat: Bhairav
Time: Early Morning
Bairagi Bhairav
बैरागी भैरव
A devotional dawn raag combining Bhairav's komal Re and Dha with an ascetic, renunciate quality.
Thaat: Bhairav
Time: Dawn
Bhairav
भैरव
A grave dawn raag with devotional weight and characteristic komal Re and Dha treatment.
Thaat: Bhairav
Time: Dawn
Gunkali
गुणकली
A sparse early-morning raag from the Bhairav thaat with komal Re and komal Dha, evoking austere dawn stillness.
Thaat: Bhairav
Time: Early Morning
Jogiya
जोगिया
A devotional dawn raag from the Bhairav thaat evoking the wandering ascetic and temple atmosphere.
Thaat: Bhairav
Time: Dawn
Vibhas
विभास
A luminous early-morning pentatonic raag from the Bhairav thaat with komal Re and komal Dha.
Thaat: Bhairav
Time: Early Morning