Kanada (family of ragas)

Kanada (Hindustani pronunciation: [ˈkänəɽä ˈrägäŋg], (ISO 15919/IAST: Kānaṛā rāgaṅg Hindi: कान्हड़ा,Tamil: கானடா, Kannada: ಕಾನಡ, Bengali: কানাড়া (IPA: ka.na.ɽa))) also known as '''Kanhada''' is a group of ragas in Indian classical music. They are all derived from the Carnatic music raga Kanada. This raga was adapted into Hindustani Music from Carnatic Music. Some scholars suggest that all the ragas in the Kanada family are derived from individual aspects of Kanada. Shudda Kanada/Darbari Kanada is one of the most familiar raga's in the family and is considered to have the highest romantic, melancholy and longing aspect of Kanada in it. Other similar raga families are the Malhar (family of ragas)|Malhar family and the Sarang (family of ragas)|Sarang family.

Ragas in this) group belong to different thaats, but particularly to the Asavari or Kafi thaat.
Sadharana/Komal Gandhar (Ga) and Chaturshruti/Shudda/Komal Dhaivat (Dha) are vakra (zigzag) in descent and are used in phrases like gMR and dnP.

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