Carnatic raga refers to "ragas" used in Carnatic music. This raga falls under the category of Sarang ragas. Raveendran successfully composed melodies based on Hindustani Ragas also. The female lead characters are named after the Carnatic ragas Bhairavi and Ranjani. He successfully composed melodies based on "Hindustani" ragas also. These songs are essentially based on classical ragas. This is a list of ragas in Hindustani classical music. Yaman is regarded one of the grandest and most fundamental ragas in Hindustani music. Ravi Shankar, "Three Classical Ragas". Many of these versions have employed traditional South Asian classical ragas. He also composed several new ragas (melodies). They emulated the tonal colour of classical "ragas" to varying extents. In the Indian tradition, classical dances are performed with music set to various "ragas". They emulated the tonal color of classical "ragas" to varying extents. It is one of the oldest ragas of Indian classical music.