The Raga Khamas is a janya raga of the melakarta ragam Harikambodhi. In carnatic music concerts, this raga is employed often for short kritis (tukkadas) as opposed to Hindustani music where Raga Khamaj is elaborated quite a bit.
The erstwhile Tamil film actor/singer M.K.Thiagaraja Bhagavatar (MKT) has sung several nice songs in Khamas. This song is "Oru Naal Oru Pozhutu" in Khamas from the movie Thiruneelakantar.
A modern version of the song "Vaishnava Janato" sung by various artists including Pandit Jasraj is set in Raga Khamas:
The raga is also featured as the title song in the movie "Morning Raga" -- the Muthuswamy Dikshitar kriti "Maathey" set in Raga Khamas:
Carnatic vocal singer P.Unnikrishnan's film song "Uyirum Neeye" is also set to Raga Khamas:
The telugu movie Shankarabharanam featured SPB singing the classical kriti "Brocheva Evarura" in Raga Khamas:
