Shudh Dhaivat Basant

A variety of Raga Basant uses a shudh or natural dhaivat, the sixth note in the ascending scale, instead of a komal or flat dhaivat, and is called Shudh Dhaivat Basant. Here, Ashish sings a composition in Shudh Dhaivat Basant by Sajile, who was Ramdas’s disciple and the court singer at the Ramnagar fort across the Ganga from Banaras, from where the kings of Banaras traditionally ruled over the city.