Ragini Chaiti, c1775. Creator: Unknown.

Ragini Chaiti, c1775. Creator: Unknown.

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Ragini Chaiti, c1775. The musical "mode" ("raga, ragini") is a melody reduced to its basic elements. Modes were classified and given names, and sets of paintings with the same names were produced with the mode represented by a woman. Here the mode is "chaiti," which is sung in the late afternoon.

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