Dr RadhakrishnanNov 8, 20201 minRARE RAGAS IN CARNATIC MUSIC - INDEX (Please check the name of the Raga and search using the search button) Ahir bhairaV Amrita vahini Andhali Andolika Ardra Desi Bangala...
Dr RadhakrishnanOct 27, 20202 minRARE RAGA SERIES: VIJAYANAGARI – JANYA OF MELA (59) RAGAM DHARMAVATHIRagam VijayanAgari is said to evoke feelings of pathos, like Shivaranjani and Neelamani; hence usually grouped along the same ragas. But,...
Dr RadhakrishnanOct 27, 20202 minRARE RAGA SERIES: SUDDHA DESI – JANYA OF MELA (20) RAGAM NATABHAIRAVISuddha Desi is almost ragam NaTabhairavi itself, only difference is the additional R2 appearing in vakra in the arohanam; like the janaka...
Dr RadhakrishnanOct 14, 20202 minRARE RAGA SERIES: SURYA (SALLAPAM, SALLABHAM) – JANYA OF MELA (14) RAGAM VAKULABHARANAMRagam SURYA or Sallapam is a janya of mela ragam (14) Vakulabharanam; by losing the Rishabham and Panchamam – so that the notes will be:...
Dr RadhakrishnanOct 14, 20202 minRARE RAGA SERIES :- SIVASAKTHI – JANYA OF (10) NATAKAPRIYAThe prominent but rare janya of Natakapriya is a raga called “Sivasakthi”. This ia a Swaranthara – oudava raga (4 and 5 notes in aroh and...
Dr RadhakrishnanOct 14, 20202 minRARE RAGA SERIES : SINDHU RAMAKRIYA – JANYA OF MELA (15) RAGAM MAYAMALAVAGOULADuring our discussion about another Rare Raga, Vandanadharini, I made a reference about this raga, Sindhuramakriya. This is because there...
Dr RadhakrishnanOct 14, 20202 minRARE RAGA SERIES : RAGAM VEGAVAHINI – JANYA OF MELA (16) RAGAM CHAKRAVAKAM A raga which causes a lot of confusion among listeners is ‘Vegavahini’. This raga is referred to be a janya of mela (16) Chakravakam in...
Dr RadhakrishnanOct 14, 20202 minRARE RAGA SERIES: VASANTHI – JANYA OF MELA (27) RAGAM SARASANGIThere are some ragas, which are not so prominent, nor there are many compositions out of which any has been considered as an Eka-raga...
Dr RadhakrishnanOct 14, 20202 minRARE RAGA SERIES: VANDANA DHARINI – JANYA OF MELA (65) RAGAM KALYANIOn Friday morning, when I knew that there is vocal concert of Vid. Bharat Sunder, I tuned in, to my surprise, he started singing the...
Dr RadhakrishnanOct 12, 20203 minRARE RAGA SERIES : RAGAM SARAMATHI – JANYA OF MELA (20) NATABHAIRAVIA very sweet and melodious raga, that evokes Karuna, Bhakthi and devotion to the maximum, is Saramathi, janya of mela (20) ragam...
Dr RadhakrishnanOct 12, 20203 minRARE RAGA SERIES: NAGASWARAVALI – JANYA OF MELA (28) RAGAM HARIKAMBHOJII ever used to wonder why and how the ragam Nagaswaravali (Nagaswarali) has fallen into the Rare Ragas list; with almost 80 krithis...
Dr RadhakrishnanOct 12, 20203 minRARE RAGA SERIES: RAGAM NAGAGANDHARI – JANYA OF MELA (20) RAGAM NATABHAIRAVI A raga which evokes the feel of Karuna rasa, pleading, Bhakthi etc abundantly is this rare raga, Nagagandhari. We have to accept the fact...
Dr RadhakrishnanOct 12, 20203 minRARE RAGA SERIES: MOHANA KALYANI – JANYA OF MELA (65) RAGAM MECHA KALYANI ‘Mohana kalyani’, as can be inferred is a combination of the two ragas, Mohanam and Kalyani, if we look at the meaning – ‘Mohanam’ means...
Dr RadhakrishnanOct 12, 20203 minRARE RAGA SERIES: MARGAHINDOLAM – JANYA OF MELA (22) RAGAM KHARAHARAPRIYA MARGAHINDOLAM – a raga, which travels almost in the same direction as Saramathi, the Natabhairavi janya; and evokes the same Bhakthi and...
Dr RadhakrishnanOct 12, 20203 minRARE RAGA SERIES : LALITHA PANCHAMAM – JANYA OF MELA (15) RAGA MAYAMALAVAGOULA (?)We can define this raga in a broad manner – as ragam Lalitha with Panchamam. Ragam Lalitha is considered to be a janya of mela (15) ragam...
Dr RadhakrishnanOct 12, 20204 minRARE RAGA SERIES: RAGAM DEVAKRIYA – JANYA OF MELA (20) NATABHAIRAVI RAGAM In many carnatic sites, Devakriya is said to be same as Suddha Saveri; even a considerable number of musicians, including Sri....
Dr RadhakrishnanOct 6, 20201 minRARE RAGA SERIES : KUVALAYABHARANAM – JANYA OF MELA (14) RAGAM VAKULABHARANAM - PART (2)(Please go through the Part-1 before continuing with this Part-2) We have seen in Part (1) of this discussion, that a moderately known...
Dr RadhakrishnanOct 6, 20202 minRARE RAGA SERIES : VASANTHABHAIRAVI – JANYA OF MELA (14) RAGAM VAKULABHARANAM - PART (1)(unlike the usual post on rare ragas, we will be having two separate posts on Rare Ragas. The reason is that two janyas of Vakulabharanam...
Dr RadhakrishnanOct 6, 20202 minRARE RAGA SERIES :- KARNATAKA SUDDHA SAVERI (KSS) – JANYA OF MELA (1) KANAKANGI“Suddha Saveri” is the name usually referred to the moderately popular janya of Sankarabharanam (it can be derived from Kharaharapriya,...
Dr RadhakrishnanOct 6, 20202 minRARE RAGA SERIES: KARNARANJANI – JANYA OF MELA (22) RAGAM KHARAHARAPRIYAUnlike in the previous discussions, where we have dealt with many janya ragas; even the names of which were quite unpopular. But today,...