{{Short description|Rāga of the tradition of Odissi music}} {{Infobox Odissi raga|badi=Dhaibata|sambadi=Rusabha|angaraga=|odia=ମଧୁକିରୀ|arohana=S n D P M R S|abarohana=S R M P D n S|mela=Sri|jati=Sadaba - Sadaba|raga_name=Madhukiri|name=Madhukiri|allied=}} '''Madhukiri''' ({{Langx|or|ମଧୁକିରୀ|translit=madhukirī}}, alternatively spelled ''madhukeri'') is a [[Raga|rāga]] belonging to the tradition of [[Odissi music]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last=Panda |first=Pt. Gopal Chandra |author-link=Gopal Chandra Panda |title=Odisi Raga Ratnabali |year=2004 |location=Bhubaneswar |language=hi |script-title=hi:ओडिसी राग रत्नावली |oclc=225908458}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Parhi |first=Dr. Kirtan Narayan |author-link=Kirtan Narayan Parhi |title=The Classicality of Orissi Music |publisher=Maxcurious Publications Pvt. Ltd. |year=2017 |isbn=9788193215128 |location=India |pages=383}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Hota |first=Dr. Damodar |author-link=Damodar Hota |title=Udra Paddhatiya Sangita |publisher=Swara-Ranga |year=2012 |volume=2 |location=Bhubaneswar |pages=18–19 |language=or}}</ref> Falling under the ''meḷa'' Sri,<ref>{{Cite book |title=Odisi Raga Sarani |publisher=Odissi Research Centre |year=2004 |location=Bhubaneswar}}</ref> the raga uses ''komala nisada'' and is traditionally associated with the ''karuṇa'' ''rasa.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Misra |first=Purusottama |title=Sangitanarayana (A Seventeenth Century Text on Music and Dance from Orissa) |publisher=Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts and Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd. |year=2009 |isbn=9788120832886 |editor-last=Bose |editor-first=Prof. Mandakranta}}</ref>'' The raga is mentioned in treatises such as the ''[[Gita Prakasa]]''<ref name=":12">{{Cite book |last=Badajena Mahapatra |first=Krusnadasa |author-link=Krusnadasa Badajena Mahapatra |title=Geeta Prakash |publisher=Odisha Sangeet Natak Akademi |year=1983 |editor-last=Panigrahi |editor-first=Nilamadhab |location=Bhubaneswar}}</ref> and ''[[Sangita Narayana]].''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Deva |first=Gajapati Narayana |title=Sangita Narayana |publisher=Odisha Sangeet Natak Akademi |year=1966 |editor-last=Acharya |editor-first=Pt. Banambara |location=Bhubaneswar |editor-last2=Patnaik |editor-first2=Kabichandra Dr. Kali Charan |editor-link2=Kalicharan Pattnaik |editor-last3=Mohapatra |editor-first3=Kedarnath |editor-link3=Kedarnath Mohapatra}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
== Structure == An ancient raga, Madhukiri has been used by hundreds of poet-composers for well-over the past many centuries.<ref name=":32">{{Cite book |last=Das |first=Ramhari |author-link=Ramhari Das |title=Odissi Sangeetara Parampara O Prayoga |publisher=Kaishikee Prakashani |year=2004 |location=Bhubaneswar, Odisha |language=or |script-title=or:ଓଡ଼ିଶୀ ସଙ୍ଗୀତର ପରମ୍ପରା ଓ ପ୍ରୟୋଗ |trans-title=The tradition and method of Odissi music}}</ref> The raga is ''sadaba'' or hexatonic in its ''aroha'' and ''abaroha'' (ascent and descent). Its ''aroha-abaroha'' are given below :
''Aroha :'' S R M P D n S
''Abaroha :'' S n D P M R S
The raga dwells or does ''nyasa'' on the ''dhaibata'', as per tradition and evokes a melancholic mood. It is ''uttaranga-pradhana'', that is, moves more in the higher part of the pitch scale. It is sung in the third prahara of the night.<ref name=":3" /> {{Odissi Classical Music sidebar}}
== Compositions == Some of the well-known traditional compositions in this raga include :
* ''Ago Duti Syama Priti'' by Pankaja<ref name=":3" /> * ''Gati Mora Nanda Nandana,'' archaic composition<ref name=":3" />
== References == <references /> {{Odissi music}}{{Odissi music ragas}}
[[Category:Ragas of Odissi music]]