Megh is a Hindustani classical raga. The meaning of megh in Sanskrit is 'cloud'. Hence this raga is mostly sung or played in the monsoon season. Another raga which describes rain is raga Malhar. These two ragas were merged and a new raga developed, raga Megh Malhar. The Carnatic music equivalent of this raga is Madhyamavati.
Theory Arohana & Avarohana
Arohana:
Avarohana:
Pakad
Vadi & Samavadi
In this raga vadi is Sa and samavadi is Pa – Re is used a lot but always sliding down from M, n always slides from P
Organization & Relationships
Related ragas: Ragas of Malhar family, namely Megh Malhar, Miyan ki Malhar, Gaud Malhar, Ramdasi Malhar, Dhuliya Malhar, etc. as well as Madhmad Sarang. Thaat: Kafi.
Mixture
The meaning of Megh in Sanskrit is 'Cloud'. This raga is usually sung or played in the Monsoon season. Another raga which describes rain is raga Malhar. Merging these two gives a new raga: Megh Malhar, which has elements of both these ragas.
Behaviour
Samay (Time)
Late night.
Seasonality
Raga Megh is associated with the monsoon.
Rasa
Gambhir rasa
Origins
This is one of the very old ragas found in Indian classical music. This raga is connected to Lord Krishna, when he lifted Govardhan Parvat (mountain) on his little finger during the Govardhan leela.
Film songs Language: Hindi SongFilmYearComposerSingerKhaike Pan BanaraswalaDon1978Kalyanji-AnandjiKishore KumarTeri Tasveer KoSawan Ko Aane Do1979Raj KamalK. J. YesudasKahan Se Aaye BadraChashme Buddoor1981K. J. Yesudas, Haimanti ShuklaChaiyya Chaiyya (Deviates in between at a few points)Dil Se..1998A. R. RahmanSukhwinder Singh, Sapna AwasthiDheem Ta DareThakshak1999Surjo BhattacharyaMunni Badnaam HuiDabangg2010Lalit PanditMamta SharmaShankara Re ShankaraTanhaji: The Unsung Warrior2020Mehul VyasAdarsh ShindeSharaarat (Loosely based)Dhurandhar2025Shashwat SachdevMadhubanti Bagchi, Jasmine SandlasNaal Nachna (Loosely based)Afsana Khan, Reble
Language: Tamil A few songs are composed in Raga Madhyamavathi, the Carnatic equivalent of Megh. SongFilmComposerSingerMuthukkalo KangalNenjirukkum VaraiM. S. ViswanathanT. M. Soundararajan, P. SusheelaKana KaanumAgni SakshiS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, SarithaAagaya GangaiDharma YuddhamIlayarajaMalaysia Vasudevan, S. JanakiTholvi Nilayenna NinaithalOomai VizhigalManoj-GyanP B Sreenivas, Abavanan, ChorusVelli MalaraeJodiA. R. RahmanS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Mahalakshmi IyerOru Deivam Thantha PooveKannathil Muthamittal P. Jayachandran, ChinmayiThumbi Thullal(Abheri traces also)CobraNakul Abhyankar, Shreya GhoshalThom Karuvil Irunthom (Reused from "Dheem Ta Dare")StarShankar MahadevanEnnai Konja KonjaAathiVidyasagarHariharan, Sujatha Mohan
Important recordings Amir Khan, Ragas Megh and Lalit, His Master's Voice LP (long-playing record), EMI-EASD1331 Pt Ajoy Chakraborty -Raag Megh (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg6LDWgv4Tc)
References The Raga Guide: A Survey of 74 Hindustani Ragas. Zenith Media, London: 1999. Ramashreya Jha explains the difference between Sarang and Megh http://www.parrikar.org/hindustani/sarang/
External links SRA on Samay and Ragas SRA on Ragas and Thaats Rajan Parrikar on Ragas More details about raga Megh