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Ragam Vijayasaraswathi is one of the rarest of the rare ragas; created by Gayakashikhamani Dr.Harikeshanallur Muthaiah Bhagavathar. The...

A raga, handled only by Saint Thyagaraja; the only composition in the raga available also is his own – “Pahi Ramadootha jagatpraana...

Creative genius of the many vaggeyakaras (musician-composer) in Carnatic music is amazing - especially amongst the Trinity composers,...

Ragam Shekharachandrika can be considered as a rarest of the rare ragas; since no popular compositions or renditions are available. This...

“Vardhani” is a janya of Mela (11) raga Kokilapriya, which itself is not a prominent raga; only very few compositions known and sung....

Here is a very pleasing, but rare raga, "Swararanjani" (Suraranjani); the raga and the only composition known in this raga is "Raghunatha...

There are three known janyas listed under Vanaspathi; Rasali, Vanavali and Vittalapriya. Except the first, the other two ragas are only...

This is the last prominent janya raga of mela ragam (1) Kanakangi; the raga is Lathanthapriya. This raga is very close to Karnataka...

Ragam Kannadabangala is an Eka-krithi raga, at least in concert platforms. But for the Dikshithar krithi, “Renuka Devi samrakshithoham”,...

There are not many compositions available in this raga, Mahuri, which can be considered as one of the rarest of the rare raga. The only...

The next raga coming under Gayakapriya is ‘Kalakanthi’; a shadava-shadava janya, losing Panchamam in the arohanam and Madhyamam in the...

The mela Suvarnangi (some call this wrongly as Swarnangi) is one of the very rare ragas; out of the very few janyas of Suvarnangi, only...

Swarabhushani is a shadava – shadava raga, unsymmetrical in structure. It is a janya of mela (22) ragam Kharaharapriya, losing Gandharam...

One of the rarest janya of a very rare mela ragam; Supradeepam is janya of mela (17) Suryakantham. There is only one composition heard in...

Mela ragas Kharaharapriya and Harikambhoji share the top position in the number of janya ragas – we are going to discuss one of the...

This raga seems to be used in composing for the first time by Thyagarja Swamikal, in his krithi, “Janaki ramana”. There are many...

Simhavahini is a very rare raga, in which few great composers including Sadguru Thyagaja have written krithis, the others being Dr....

This raga is another rarest of the rare and never found used by anyone other than Sadguru Thyagaraja. This is a vakra-shadava...

A very rare raga, brought to light by the legendary vaggeyakara Sri. G.N.Balasubramaniam is Saranga Tarangini. This raga is a janya of...