Bhopali, also known as Bhoop, Bhoopali or Bhupali, is a Hindustani classical raga. It is a pentatonic scale (uses 5 notes in ascending and descending scale). Most of the songs in this raga are based on Bhakti rasa. The same raga in Carnatic music is known as Mohanam.
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The sitar is a plucked stringed instrument used mainly in Indian classical music. It is used in mainly in India and to some extent in neighbouring countries. It is a founded in ancient Iran (Persia). The name "Sitar" in Persian means "Sè" (Three) and "Tār" (String Pairs) hence it has the name "Sitar" altough a typical sitar used in India has 20-25 strings. It derives its resonance from sympathetic strings, a long hollow neck and a gourd resonating chamber. It is also said that Sitar is derived from an Indian instrument called Veena. It has a recorded history that dates back to the Vedic period (approximately 1500 BCE).
Used widely throughout the Indian subcontinent, the sitar became known in the western world through the work of Ravi Shankar beginning in the late 1950s and early 1960s after The Kinks' top 10 single "See My Friends" featured a low tuned drone guitar which was widely mistaken to be the instrument. The sitar saw further use in popular music after The Beatles featured the sitar in their compositions, namely "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" and "Within You Without You". Their use of the instrument came as a result of George Harrison's taking lessons on how to play it from Shankar and Shambhu Das. Shortly after, Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones used a sitar in "Paint It, Black" and a brief fad began for using the instrument in pop songs.

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