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Ragacast

A deep-dive audio & video series into the living world of North Indian classical ragas — their grammar, mood, history, and soul — by sitarist Vatsal Dave.

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Riyaz Room app icon Riyaz Room
Our Flagship App

Your practice companion,
Now on iOS and iPadOS

A daily practice companion for Hindustani classical music — real tanpura & tabla, a precise tuner, Riyaz Streak, and Speed Ladders that build your tempo automatically. Built by Vatsal, for musicians everywhere.

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Light & Dark "Midnight Saffron" themes
Free Practice Tools

The Riyaz Room

No login, no fee — just tools for your daily riyaz. Set a tanpura drone in any key and let it hold while you practice, or tune your sitar by ear with the live tuner. Built by Vatsal for SitarBug students and players everywhere.

Tap to start the tanpura drone
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Vatsal's own tanpura, recorded in each tuning and looped seamlessly. Most ragas use Pa; choose Ma for ragas without Pa (e.g. Malkauns), or Ni. Learn sitar with Vatsal →
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Practice with the tanpura or tuner above and your time logs automatically. Keep the chain going — even a minute a day counts. (Saved privately in this browser.)
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  • Sample episodes for each raga
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  • Episode notes & raga descriptions
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Student Access
$4.99/mo
Exclusive to enrolled SitarBug students
or $50/yr — save ~$10
  • Full episode library — all ragas
  • Audio & video for every episode
  • Episode notes & raga descriptions
  • New episodes as they release
  • Subscriber Q&A access
  • Discount coupon from Vatsal
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$7.99/mo
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or $80/yr — save ~$16
  • Full episode library — all ragas
  • Audio & video for every episode
  • Episode notes & raga descriptions
  • New episodes as they release
  • Subscriber Q&A access
  • Student discount not applicable
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Already a SitarBug student? Email classes@sitarbug.com with the subject line "Ragacast Student Code" and Vatsal will send you your personalised discount code. Subscriptions are handled securely through Stripe — cancel any time.
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Each episode is a complete journey into one raga — its time of day, emotional essence, scale, and the traditions behind it. Deepen your relationship with Indian classical music, one raga at a time.

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