Asavari (thaat)

Asavari (IAST: Āsāvari) is one of the ten basic thaats of Hindustani music from the Indian subcontinent.

[1] Adding a Komal Dhaivat to Kafi Thaat results in the Asavari thaat.

Raga Asavari is full of tyag, the mood of renunciation and sacrifice as well as pathos.

However important evening/night raga-like Darbari and Adana also use notes of Asavari thaat with different styles, stress points and ornamentation.

Ragas in Asavari Thaat:

Asavari Ragini , 1750, watercolor on paper, Honolulu Museum of Art