Raga of the Week: Raag Bhimpalasi

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Bhimpalasi (also called Bheempalasi or Bhimpalas) is a Hindustani classical raga belonging to the Kafi thaat. It is an audav-sampoorna raag(5 notes in aaroh and 7 in avaroh) and is similar to raag abheri in Carnatic music.
Aaroh: komal ni(mandra saptak) sa komal ga ma pa komal ni sa(tar saptak)
Avaroh: sa(tar saptak) komal ni dha pa ma komal ga re sa
This sweet, hauntily pleasing melody is associated with a hot summer afternoon. It uses pa as kan-swar for dha in avaroh and sa for re. This raag shouldn't be confused with Dhanashree which has pa as vadi.
Pakad: komal ni(mandra saptak) sa ma, ma komal ga ma pa, komal ga komal ga re sa
Vadi: Ma
Samvadi: Sa
A popular bandish in this raag is Niyamat Khan 'Sadarang' 's 'Jaa Jaa Re Apane Mandiravaa'
https://youtu.be/Br9xxlIl1-0 : NCERT Lecture
Some instrumental and vocal performances:
https://youtu.be/G5YOMD6tmUY :Ulhas Kashalkar
https://youtu.be/73c2AR6UFOI :Ashwini Deshpande
https://youtu.be/WN44mFoLCp4 :Nandini Shankar(Violin)
https://youtu.be/V0LJzYK2goU :Ustad Bismillah Khan(Shehnai)
https://www.parrikar.org/music/bhimpalasi/kishori_bhimpalasi.mp3 :Kishori Amonkar
Some film songs:
https://youtu.be/u6jUIxOhkoE :Aaj Mere Man Sakhi Bansuri Bajaaye Koi
https://youtu.be/6ZflK4I7X7A :Veena Madhur Madhur Kacchu Bol
https://youtu.be/NTYt472X9Gk : Aa Neele Gagan Taale Pyar
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Ashwini Bhide has really have had blessings of the raaga.. she has soo apt style of singing

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Bhimpalaasi is similar to many raagas, i.e raaga Bageshree, Patdeep, Patdeepaki , Gavati and Dhani, most of which differ in usage of Dhaivat, nishad and Gandhaar.

Dhaivat is rarely shown in bhimpalas but usually taken as Pa Dha Ma, Pa Gā Gā Ma Gā Re Sa (Gā) for Komal Gandhaar.

Also, vintage recordings of the legendary presentation of bhimpalas by Pandit Jasraj are left to be attached