Raag Bilaval

Bilaval has the luster
of the blue lotus.
Arranging jewels
upon her body,
she makes secret signs
to her lover.
How can she forget
for one moment,
her chosen deity,
the God of Love?
Sangeet Darpan

Raag Bilaval is a Sampooran-sampooran Raag of Bilaval Thaat. All notes in this Raag are natural. Its Vadi note is Dhaivat so it is a morning Raag. In practice it sometimes sounds just like Kalyaan (Yaman) therefore, it is also known as morning’s Kalyaan.

Nishad (ni) and Gandhar (Ga) are Vakar (played by jumping one note).
There is another version of this Raag, which is called Alyhia Bilaval. Alyhia Bilaval is a chchadav-sampooran Raag (6-7). Madhyam is omitted in ascending. In addition, Alyhia Bilaval has both Nishads (Ni natural and komal).

Thaat: Bilaval
Jati: Sampooran-sampooran (7-7)
Vadi Svara: Dhaivat (Dha)
Samvadi Svara: Gandhar (Ga)
Vikrat Svaras: None (Nishad in Alyhia)
Virjit Svaras: None
Time: Morning

Lakshan Geet Raag Bilaval:

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