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

We are going to discuss on a very rare raga, created by a composer other than the Trinities, Gayakashikhamani Harikeshanallur Dr....

There are hundreds of ragas ending in ’priya’; even a dozen mela ragas end in the same phrase. Many of them refer to a deity; so the...

One of the rarest of the rare ragas, Poornalalitha originates from a rare mela ragam, Jhankaradhwani, which by itself is surviving...

Priyadarshini is a very rare raga of recent origin, that there are no composition found written by the Trinities or composers of 19th and...

Pratapavarali is another very rare raga, owing its existence to the only composition of Sadguru Thyagaraja. Even the only composition is...

Narthaki is one of the rarest of the rare ragas, there is not a single composition belonging to any of the prominent composers so far !!...

A raga first used by Saint Thyagaraja in his composition and surviving only because of the same, Maruvadhanyasi is one of the rarest of...

This raga seems to be popularized by Saint Thyagaraja, or might have been created by him. Anyhow, there is only one composition heard in...

Madhava manohari is a raga considered to be a janya of Mela (22) Shriragam of the Asampoorna system, followed by Sri. Dikshithar. Since...

Kumudakriya ragam is heard in concerts through the only popular composition of Sri. Muthuswami Dikshithar, “ardha nArISvaraM ArAdhayAmi”,...

One of the rarest of the rare raga; existing, like many others, only because of the Thyagaraja krithi, “Samukhana nilva”. This raga seems...

“Kesari’ seems to be a raga first used by Saint Thyagaraja, as there is only one composition in the raga, belonging to him. The confusion...

Due to the similarity in name, this is remembered with the Hindustani origin ragam Behag. There are just very few compositions available...

This is a raga, again, surviving because of the Thyagaraja krithi only, though there are few other compositions. It is normally...

Kalanidhi seems to be a raga created by Saint Thyagaraja; among all composers, it seems only he has composed in this raga. The raga, like...

Ragam Neethimathi, the 60th melakartha, has a few janya ragas; except Hamsanadam, all the others are very rare or only in theory....

Ragam Jujahuli or Jujavali is one of the rarest ragas; mostly never being heard in concerts; indebted for its existence to the Thyagaraja...

There are many ragas either still alive or still remembered only because of Saint Thyagaraja’s compositions; Jingala is one such raga....

A beautiful janya of Kharaharapriya mela, ragam Jayanthasena is not much heard in concerts. Also, though there are few compositions...