I ever used to wonder why and how the ragam Nagaswaravali (Nagaswarali) has fallen into the Rare Ragas list; with almost 80 krithis available like any major janya raga, those heard sung in concerts are very few – the others are of academic interest only. Nagasvaravali is considered a janya ragam of Harikambhoji, the 28th Melakarta ragam, though it can be derived from other melakarta ragams, Chakravakam, Sooryakantam, Shankarabharanam, Vagadheeswari or Sulini, by dropping both rishabham and nishadam. It has the same arohanam notes of ragam Maand, but keeps the same for avarohanam also, so that it can be represented as:
S G3 M1 P D2 S // S D2 P M1 G3 S
This raga has good similarity with Bahudari, another janya of mela (28), S G3 M1 P D2 N2 S // S N2 P M1 G3 S. Another raga with some similarity is Gambheera natta, janya of mela (36), S G3 M1 P N3 S // S N3 P M1 G3 S.
Ragapravaham by D.Pattammal also gives the same specification as above, under mela (28); but also gives another under same mela, losing Panchamam also in arohanam.
S G3 M1 P D2 S // S D2 P M1 G3 S
S G3 M1 D2 S // S D2 P M1 G 3S
Compositions:
Ananda darishanam tandan (tv) - Gitamani (TMT)
Anavam kondu alaiyade ni - K.S.Krishnamurti
Anbal ulagalvom - A.Suruliyandi
Are re murali nada (lng - Govindacharya
Bandhamu seyaradu – Dr.Muttiah Bhagavatar
Bhavayami tava pada kamalam - Vina Padmanabhiah
Bhuta pataye namo – Dr.Muttiah Bhagavatar
Chintanai sheiguvai santatam - Abraham Panditar
Darishanam taruvaye - Periasami Tooran
Dhim tadhim (t)-Thillana - Chitravina N.Ravikiran
Gam ganapate - Jayachamaraja Wodeyar
** Garuda gamana samayamide - Patnam Subramania Iyer
Guruvin sevai arivai - Lakshmi Krishna
Ilagu jesiteetla saitura - Pallavi Shesha Iyer
Ini aghilum - Minakshisundaram Pillai
Ini agilum unadu - Vinai Krishnamacharya
Iru vinai edu - Periasami Tooran
Kalai magal deviye - C.V.Padmanabhan
Kannena vazhudal - Ramanathan Chettiar
*Kanni mula ganapatiye -.Ramaraj
Karkaraiyumpadi karaivikkum - Ramalingasvami
Karuna varidhi (tv) - Pallavur Mani Iyer
Karunakaravala kharaja - E.S.Shankaranarayana Iyer
Kula kanta - Vinai Krishnamacharya
Kumara guruve - N.S.Ramachandran
*Madhura muralidhara - Rukmini Ramani
Maduraiyodu mannanai - D.Pattammal
Maguva nipai marulugoni (tv) - Vina Varadayya
Mahadeva sutam mada - Ashok R.Madhav
Mangala dayaki - Pallavur Mani Iyer
Mlesha nivahanitane - S.Jagannarayanan
*Muralidhara manamohana - Papanasham Shivan
Muralidhara ramana - Papanasham Shivan
Murugan tiruvadiye sharanam - Kovai Subri
Na dhru dhim na dhru dhim (t) - Ashok R.Madhav
Nagabhushanam - Tulasivanam
Natana kalapriya - Bangalore S.Mukund
Nataraja nandishvara - Bangalore S.Mukund
Navanita chora nanda - E.S.Shankaranarayana Iyer
Nenuga ni janmametti - Vinai Krishnamacharya
Omkara svarupam - R.K.Suryanarayana
Oshai vadivana oru - Kalaikkuttan
Pada sarojamula nammiti - Vinai Krishnamacharya
**Padumanabhan maruga - Papanasham Shivan
*Palisamma muddu sharade - Purandaradasa
Param porule parandama - Rukmini Ramani
Parama purushan pada - Papanasham Shivan
Parulanu vedi ne - Mysore Vasudevacharya
Patrilen unai anri vazhvile - T.Lakshmana Pillai
Prana natha paliso ni - Purandaradasa
Puttam pudu vasantam - Shuddhananda Bharati
Raghukulottama rama - Oothukad Venkatasubbier
Rama ramana narayana - Mysore Vasudevacharya
Sada bhakti shei maname - T.R.Vaidishvaran
Sadgurukripa galavariki - Meesu Krishna Iyer
Saketa nagara rama (tv) - Karaikudi Rajamani Iyengar
Saketa rama - Vinai Krishnamacharya
Samayam ide samaya - Haimavati Tyagarajan
*Sami ni pai chala (tv) - Patnam Subramania Iyer
Sami ni pai chala (tv) - Karaikudi Rajamani Iyengar
Shiva chidambarame - Muttu Tandavar
*Shiva ganga sthali – Dr.Balamuralikrishna
Shiva shankara namam - Guru Surajananda
Shivaneriye melenru - T.N.Svaminatha Pillai
Shri parvatipate surapala - R.Venugopal
**Shri shankara guruvaram - Maha Vaidyanatha Iyer
Shri vallipate pahimam - Subbarama Dikshitar
**Shripate ni pada - Tyagaraja
Suguna bhushana - Mayuram Vishvanatha Shastri
Svami shiridum dayai - Papanasham Shivan
Taye dayapari dayai puriya - R.Venugopal
Un padam nambinen – Rukmini Ramani
Unadu padam aladu - R.Venugopal
Vadana ruchira - R.venugopal
Vanchana seyuta - Madurai G.S.Mani
Vandana ruchira vijitasoma - R.Venugopal
Vande shri ramanam (tv) – Krishna Sharma
Vande shri vishvanatham - Ashok R.Madhav
Vighna vinayaka shri ganapate - B.K.Padmanabha Rao
sAmi mayUragiri vaDivEla - (popularized by Sri.santhanam)
Note: the ones with (**) mark are the commonly heard; those with (*) mark are rarely heard.
We shall take the Patnam subramanya Iyer composition, ‘Garuda Gamana’ for discussion. This composition is on Lord Rama, the meaning:
“Oh Lord Rama, whose vehicle is Garuda, this is the right time to shower your grace on me.
Your beautiful appearence is unparalalled. You are the prop for devoted.
Anjaneya the son of wind god, worships you. You wield Siva's bow. You hail from Sun Dynasty. You are the most pious lord. Oh Venkatesa, your eyes are beautiful like lotus”.
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