‘Ardradesi’ is one of the rarest of the rare janya ragas. Only because of the Muthuswami Dikshithar krithi, “Sree Ganeshatparam”, it...

Bangala is a minor raga and found sung towards the end of concerts or as fillers in between. The raga can be traced in medieval...

Shenjukamboji (or Chenchukamboji), is a very interesting janya of Harikambhoji mela; when sung in medium to medium fast tempo, even fast,...

Can we include Ragam Mandari in Rare ragas? This was a doubt, since, with so many compositions in this raga, which prevents it to be...

Ragam Garudadhwani is a quite interesting one; like some other rare ragas we have seen earlier, there are some considerable number of...

There are two janya ragas of Kharaharapriya, found close to each other, causing confusion - Phalamanjari and Phalaranjani. The main...

EKA-KRITHI RAGAS: UMABHARANAM – JANYA OF MELA (28) RAGAM HARIKAMBHOJI Umabharanam is a very pleasing raga; melodious and very beautiful...

If we consider the janya ragas of prathimadhyama ragas, they are lesser in number and also less prominent than their corresponding suddha ma

Ragapanjaramu (or Ragapanjaram) is one of the Rarest of the Rare ragas; only Saint Thyagaraja, from the Trinities, has composed in the raga,

A raga which is not so popular, nor having much compositions, Gowda malhar is still a very pleasing raga; also there are more than one...