The Kanada Family of Ragas
“The ragas under the “Kanada” rubric are among the most important building blocks of the Hindustani entablature. Mastery of the Kanada gestalt must form part of the mental furniture of any serious Hindustani practitioner operating in ragaspace.”
Rajan P. Parrikar
Kanada, also known as Kanhada and kanra, is a group of ragas in Hindustani classical music. The name Kanada suggests that it may have originated in the Carnatic music tradition and Kannada country.
Ragas in this group belong to different thaats, but particularly to the Asavari or Kafi thaat.
Komal Gandhar (Ga) and Komal Dhaivat (Dha) are vakra (zigzag) in descent and are used in phrases like gMR and dnP. (Wikipedia)
The Kanada Family of Ragas
Professor Rajeev Taranath gives an explanation of the main ragas of the Kanada Family to Don Robertson.
Important Ragas in the Kanada Family
Darbari Kanada
Kaushi Kanada
Adana (Kanada)
Shahana (Kanada)
Suha (Kanada)
Sughrai (Kanada)
Suha-Sughrai (kanada)
Hussaini Kanada
Raisa Kanada
Nayaki Kanada
Gunji Kanada
Mudriki Kanada
Abhogi Kanada