Six matras in 3+3 — clap on 1, wave on 4. This is the light-music workhorse: the genre dadra takes its name from it, and countless thumris, bhajans, ghazals, and film songs ride its gentle two-part sway ("Dha Dhi Na | Na Ti Na").
Its simplicity is deceptive: the accompanist's art here is feel — micro-timing the threes, dropping laggi flourishes between verses, never crowding the singer. With Keherwa it forms the pair of small cycles every player must groove in, not merely count.