The actual state of the raga in Hindustani music through examined data from discographies and written materials from the 1950s till today

10. Frequency of appearance of raga on two discographies

　Data of both discographies shows the state of ragas for almost half century since 1950. It is difficult to judge a tendency only by surveying the data though we can guess to what extent ragas have been enjoyed in this period.
 Table-22

is the Raga ranking according to the frequency on both doscographies. It may be possible to know to some extent a certain trend from this table. Table-23 shows more clearly the actual situation. Table-24 extracted the higher 50th place of Table-23. As Deva noted as "A musician can, perhaps, render about fifty with some degree of confidence", this list must serve as a reference for performers.

The scale constitution of Bilaskhani Todi, Gara, Kalavati, Mand, Sivranjani, Sri and Tilang that came out by this list for the first time are shown at attached sheets.

Order

Raga

Frequency

Order

Raga

Frequency

1

Bhairavi

405

26

Bhupali

64

2

Pilu

238

27

Puriya Dhanasri

64

3

Khamaj

187

28

Puriya Kalyan

63

4

Darbari Kanhra

183

29

Kedar

61

5

Des

170

30

Miyan Ki Malhar

60

6

Pahadi

148

31

Candrakauns

59

7

Malkauns

141

32

Durga

58

8

Miyan Ki Todi

131

33

Basant

53

9

Bagesri

117

34

Multani

52

10

Yaman

113

35

Nat Bhairav

52

11

Bihag

105

36

Gurjari Todi

51

12

Lalit

104

37

Suddh Sarang

50

13

Ahir Bhairav

103

38

Bhairav

49

14

Kafi

96

39

Mand

49

15

Jaijaivanti

95

40

Purvi

49

16

Marva

86

41

Sivranjani

48

17

Kirvani

77

42

Bilaskhani Todi

47

18

Ragesvari

75

43

Jaunpuri

47

19

Jog

74

44

Puriya

42

20

Maru Bihag

74

45

Sri

42

21

Bhimpalasi

72

46

Gara

41

22

Madhuvanti

67

47

Kalavati

40

23

Tilak Kamod

67

48

Tilang

39

24

Hamsdhvani

66

49

Sankara

38

25

Jhinjhoti

66

50

Bahar

37

Table-24
 The names of ragas in this table might ring a bell with those familiar with Hindustani music. Still it is interesting that Bhairavi overwhelms other ragas. Bhairavi may be the raga that Indians like most.

　On the other hand, it can be said that there are a considerable number of ragas that are rarely played. Table-23 is the list of 281 ragas that appeared twice. Conversely there are 345 ragas which are recorded only once out of the total 626 ragas on two discographies.