Megharanjani is a very minor raga, not much heard in concerts, except in the Ranjani maala, which is heard sung by many musicians. This...

(Please check the name of the Raga and search using the search button) Ahir bhairaV Amrita vahini Andhali Andolika Ardra Desi Bangala...

Ragam VijayanAgari is said to evoke feelings of pathos, like Shivaranjani and Neelamani; hence usually grouped along the same ragas. But,...

Suddha Desi is almost ragam NaTabhairavi itself, only difference is the additional R2 appearing in vakra in the arohanam; like the janaka...

Ragam SURYA or Sallapam is a janya of mela ragam (14) Vakulabharanam; by losing the Rishabham and Panchamam – so that the notes will be:...

The prominent but rare janya of Natakapriya is a raga called “Sivasakthi”. This ia a Swaranthara – oudava raga (4 and 5 notes in aroh and...

During our discussion about another Rare Raga, Vandanadharini, I made a reference about this raga, Sindhuramakriya. This is because there...

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...

There are some ragas, which are not so prominent, nor there are many compositions out of which any has been considered as an Eka-raga...

On Friday morning, when I knew that there is vocal concert of Vid. Bharat Sunder, I tuned in, to my surprise, he started singing the...

A very sweet and melodious raga, that evokes Karuna, Bhakthi and devotion to the maximum, is Saramathi, janya of mela (20) ragam...

I ever used to wonder why and how the ragam Nagaswaravali (Nagaswarali) has fallen into the Rare Ragas list; with almost 80 krithis...

A raga which evokes the feel of Karuna rasa, pleading, Bhakthi etc abundantly is this rare raga, Nagagandhari. We have to accept the fact...

‘Mohana kalyani’, as can be inferred is a combination of the two ragas, Mohanam and Kalyani, if we look at the meaning – ‘Mohanam’ means...

MARGAHINDOLAM – a raga, which travels almost in the same direction as Saramathi, the Natabhairavi janya; and evokes the same Bhakthi and...

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...

In many carnatic sites, Devakriya is said to be same as Suddha Saveri; even a considerable number of musicians, including Sri....

(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...

(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...

“Suddha Saveri” is the name usually referred to the moderately popular janya of Sankarabharanam (it can be derived from Kharaharapriya,...