A PRACTICAL STUDY OF RAGANGA RAGAS IN THE NIBADDHA COMPOSITIONS OF GWALIOR AND SENIA GHARANA

Deepak  Kumar Dwivedi; Ekta  Mishra; Vrishali  Dwivedi; Deepa  Khilwani; Sunaina  Gupta; Ruchimita Pande

doi:10.29121/shodhkosh.v7.i8s.2026.7733

Authors

Deepak Kumar Dwivedi Research Scholar, CSJMU, Music Department DGPG College, CSJMU University, Kanpur, India
Ekta Mishra Research Scholar, CSJMU, Music Department DGPG College, CSJMU University, Kanpur, India
Vrishali Dwivedi Research Scholar, CSJMU, Music Department DGPG College, CSJMU University, Kanpur, India
Deepa Khilwani Research Scholar, CSJMU, Music Department DGPG College, CSJMU University, Kanpur, India
Sunaina Gupta Research Scholar, CSJMU, Music Department DGPG College, CSJMU University, Kanpur, India
Dr. Ruchimita Pande Professor, CSJMU, Music Department DGPG College, CSJMU University, Kanpur, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29121/shodhkosh.v7.i8s.2026.7733

Keywords:

Raganga Raga, Sarang Group, Kanhada Group, Gwalior Gharana, Senia Gharana, Nibaddha Music, Kramik Pustak Malika, Pt. Prateek Chaudhuri, Bhatkhande, Kashi Nath Bodas

Abstract [English]

This research paper is based on a topic that has been in my mind for many years — Gwalior and Senia, two gharanas, like two different streams of the same music. Studying, understanding, and comparing the use of raganga ragas in their nibaddha compositions seemed simple at first, but turned out to be quite deep in practice.

This study mainly focuses on raganga ragas of the Sarang and Kanhra ang. The primary source of this research is the work of Pandit Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Hindustani Sangeet Paddhati Kramik Pustak Malika (Sangeet Karyalaya, Hathras, 1934). In addition, help has been taken from the research book by Pandit Prateek Chaudhuri, Plucked Instruments of Northern India with Special Reference to Sitar (Sanjay Prakashan, 2005), especially to understand how something expressed through the voice changes when it is played on an instrument.

A basic reference has also been taken from the introduction of Pandit Kashinath Bodas, a well-known khayal and bhajan singer of the Gwalior gharana from Kanpur.

The conclusion of this research is that there is as much similarity as there is difference in the understanding of raganga between the two gharanas — and it is this difference that keeps both traditions alive and distinct.

Abstract [Hindi]

यह शोध पत्र एक ऐसे विषय पर है जो बरसों से मेरे मन में था — ग्वालियर और सेनिया, दो घराने, एक ही संगीत की दो अलग नदियाँ। दोनों की निबद्ध रचनाओं में रागांग रागों के प्रयोग को देखना, समझना और तुलना करना — यह काम जितना सुनने में सरल लगता है, करने में उतना ही गहरा निकला। इस अध्ययन में विशेष रूप से सारंग और कान्हड़ा अंग के रागांग रागों को केन्द्र में रखा गया है। पण्डित विष्णुनारायण भातखण्डे की 'हिन्दुस्तानी संगीत पद्धति क्रमिक पुस्तक मालिका' (संगीत कार्यालय, हाथरस, 1934) इस पूरे अध्ययन का मुख्य आधार है। साथ में सेनिया घराने के चर्चित सितार-वादक पण्डित प्रतीक चौधुरी (7 सितम्बर 1971 – 6 मई 2021) के शोध-ग्रन्थ 'Plucked Instruments of Northern India with Special Reference to Sitar' (Sanjay Prakashan, 2005) की मदद ली गई है — खासकर यह जानने के लिए कि जो बात गले से निकलती है, वही बात तार पर उतरते वक्त कैसे बदल जाती है। ग्वालियर घराने के प्रख्यात ख्याल तथा भजन गायक ,कानपुर के पंडित काशीनाथ बोडस जी परिचयात्मक आधार भी लिया गया है। शोध का यह निष्कर्ष है कि दोनों घरानों के बीच रागांग-बोध में जितना मेल है, उतना अन्तर भी — और यही अन्तर दोनों को अलग-अलग जीवन्त रखता है।

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