Sindhi Bhairavi
Folk winds from the Indus carry sorrow homeward
Musical Anatomy
Thaat
Bhairavi
Jati
Sampoorna
Time
Morning
Vadi
Ma
Samvadi
Sa
Nature
Devotional, folk-influenced
Arohana (Ascent)
Sa Re ga Ma Pa dha ni Ṡa▲Avarohana (Descent)
Ṡa▲ ni dha Pa Ma ga re SaPakad (Characteristic Phrase)
Sa re ga Ma, dha ni dha Pa Ma ga re SaNotation guide
Notable Compositions
Raga attributions for film songs, ghazals, and semi-classical pieces are often disputed. Composers may draw from a raga without strictly adhering to it. Treat these as approximate — we show a confidence indicator on each entry.
"Babul mora naihar chhuto hi jaaye"
"Woh tere pyar ka gham ek bahana tha sanam"
"Babul ki duayen leti ja, jaa tujhko sukhi sansar mile"
Sindhi Bhairavi · 5 compositions
Sindhi Bhairavi is a variant of Bhairavi with folk music influences from Sindh. It is widely used in light classical and film music.
Legend & Lore
Sindhi Bhairavi is a regional variant of Raga Bhairavi, enriched by the folk music traditions of the Sindh region — the ancient river civilisation straddling present-day Pakistan and northwest India.
Where classical Bhairavi is a fully developed raga performed at the close of a concert, Sindhi Bhairavi carries a rawer, more earthy quality drawn from the folk melodies associated with Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, the 18th-century Sufi poet-saint of Sindh.
It uses all the komal swaras of the Bhairavi thaat (Re, Ga, Dha, Ni) but approaches them with folk-inflected ornaments and rhythmic patterns that give it a more accessible, emotionally direct quality.
Widely used in the light classical genres of thumri and dadra, it has also produced many beloved film songs themed around departure, longing, and homecoming.
Knowledge Deep-Dive
Test Your Knowledge
1. Sindhi Bhairavi is a variant of Raga Bhairavi distinguished primarily by which quality?
2. How many komal (flat) swaras does the Bhairavi thaat — and thus Sindhi Bhairavi — employ?
3. In a traditional Hindustani concert, Sindhi Bhairavi and other Bhairavi-family ragas are typically performed at what point?
Cinematic Echoes
2 Hindi film songs rooted in Sindhi Bhairavi
Discover More Songs in Sindhi Bhairavi
Search all major music platforms for Hindi film and classical recordings in this raag. These go well beyond the 2 indexed above.
Many Hindi film songs blend multiple raags across their mukhda and antara. When searching, you may discover songs primarily in other raags that share Sindhi Bhairavi's emotional palette — that's intentional cross-raag composition by the music director.