Vilayat Khan was raised a Muslim, and was rarely without his prayer beads, but his devotion to the goddess Parvati embodied in raga Bhairavi was purer and more intense than any Hindu priest could have mustered. In his mind, the mythology of Bhairavi and the melodic manifestations of Bhairavi merged into one. Bhairavi was the counterpoint to Bhairav, the raga embodying Shiva.
