Indian Classical Music Ragas API

Free static API for 100 curated Hindustani and Carnatic ragas. Thaat, melakarta, arohana, avarohana, vadi, samvadi, time, rasa. No auth, no rate limit, no cost.

Read the docs Try the explorer Source on GitHub

Try it

Request:

curl https://ragas.oriz.in/ragas/yaman.json

Response:

{
  "slug": "yaman",
  "name": "Yaman",
  "alt_names": [
    "Yaman Kalyan",
    "Iman"
  ],
  "system": "hindustani",
  "thaat": "Kalyan",
  "melakarta": null,
  "arohana": "N R G Ṃ D N Ṡ",
  "avarohana": "Ṡ N D Ṃ G R S",
  "vadi": "G",
  "samvadi": "N",
  "time": "evening (first prahar of night)",
  "rasa": "shringara",
  "notes": "One of the most fundamental ragas in Hindustani tradition."
}

How to use

via ragas.oriz.in

Cloudflare Pages, custom domain, free TLS. Recommended for browser apps.

https://ragas.oriz.in/ragas/yaman.json

via jsDelivr

Pinned to a git ref. Recommended for production code that wants reproducibility.

https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/oriz-org/ragas-api@main/ragas/yaman.json

Stats

Ragas: 100
Hindustani: 50
Carnatic: 50
Data license: CC BY-SA
Cost: ₹0/mo

Why use this

· Static JSON files — no API key, no rate limit, no quota.
· Served from Cloudflare Pages and jsDelivr edge caches.
· Both Hindustani (thaat) and Carnatic (melakarta) traditions in one schema.
· Open data — fork it, audit it, send a PR.

API reference → Contribute a fix →