Bairagi Bhairav

Introduced by Pt. Ravi Shankar in the mid-twentieth century, Bairagi (also called Bairagi Bhairav) is an austere pentatonic raga omitting Gandhar and Dhaivat and using komal Rishabh and komal Nishad. The spare framework, with only Sa, komal Re, Ma, Pa and komal Ni, creates a stark ascetic mood appropriate to its name ('renunciant').