First appeared in www.scroll.in on August 15, 2015. Raagmala or a “garland of raags”, also known as raagsagar or “sea of raags”, is a form that has been popular in Hindustani instrumental renditions.  Unlike its vocal counterpart, the instrumental raagmala is more fluid as it is not restricted by a poetic text. As discussed in this column last week , raagmalas that are sung have a series of raags that are strung together with the names of each raag appearing in the text