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Maalkons Raag

parent Raag · the Raag of deep night

Lovers Embracing (Raag Maalkons)
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Lovers Embracing (Raag Maalkons) · c. 1760 · Mughal South Asia, Rajasthan, Bundi, 18th century · Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper · Image: 26 x 15 cm (10 1/4 x 5 7/8 in.); Overall: 28.7 x 17.9 cm (11 5/16 x 7 1/16 in.) · The Cleveland Museum of Art · clevelandart.org →

From the treatises

The devoted wife went into the forest to bring her darling home; every moment that passed was like an aeon, whose love was killing her.

tr. A. K. Coomaraswamy, Catalogue of the Indian Collections in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston — Part V: Rajput Painting (1926) · Public domain

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13:31Raag MalkaunsTarana · 2019Ustad Qadir Ali Shaggan30:30Raag MaalkonsKhayal · 2000Ustad Hamid Ali Khan12:52Raag MaalkonsKhayal · 1960Ustad Hussain Baksh Gullu6:21Tirvat in Raag MaalkonsTirvat · 1961Ustad Sardar Khan18:05Raag MaalkonsKhayal · 1960Ustad Sardar Khan50:08Raag MaalkonsKhayal · 2016Ustad Naseer uddin Saami

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About Raag Maalkons

Bhairvi ThaatVadi MadhamSamvadi Kharaj00:00-02:59AutumnTranquil

Maalkons is an ancient raag producing a tranquil atmosphere. Maalkons is the principal raag with a family of 5 wives and 8 sons. The wives are Raag Gandhari, Dhanasari (also known as Andhreyaki), Gundakri, Srihathi and Malasri. The sons are Raag Maru, Maveda, Varvali, Mistanga, Candrakya, Bhramara, Nandana and Khokkara.

The Maalkons family

GunkaliGunkaliwifeGauriGauriconsortMaruMaruconsortKhambavatiKhambavaticonsortGaudiGaudiwifeRaamkaliRaamkaliconsort · Rajasthani tradition