This is the last prominent janya raga of mela ragam (1) Kanakangi; the raga is Lathanthapriya. This raga is very close to Karnataka...

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,...

Unlike in the previous discussions, where we have dealt with many janya ragas; even the names of which were quite unpopular. But today,...

Ragam Kannadabangala is an Eka-krithi raga, at least in concert platforms. But for the Dikshithar krithi, “Renuka Devi samrakshithoham”,...

Some of the ragas are very popular, with hundreds of compositions; some others with comparatively lesser numbers. Some other ragas are...

Yet another Rare Raga, not much heard; there are few compositions, only the Pallavi Shesha Iyer seems known little. None of the Trinities...

Tilang is a Rare Raga, as far as Carnatic music is concerned, but popular in light music. It is a joyful raga, full of life, fun and...

Ragam Sunadavinodini is a Rare Raga indeed, but in practice, almost qualifying to be grouped along Eka-krithi ragas. But there are few...

Ragam Suddha Bangala seems to be created by Saint Thyagaraja only; as there is no reference to this raga found anywhere before his...

When I selected this raga for today, I had so many questions in front of me. There is a Carnatic raga by this name, which is almost...

Still, another well-known raga, Saraswathi; there are some good number of compositions, many are popular also, but only very few of these...

Though a pleasing raga, Saraswathi manohari is a very Rare raga; rarely heard in concerts. The only composition which is somewhat popular...

Salakabhairavi is a very interesting raga, in the sense, that it violates all the rules for Rare Ragas; the number of compositions are...

Saindhavi ragam is not much heard in concerts, as there are no prominent compositions, though many are composed in this raga. There is no...

In the another episode, we have dealt with ‘Poornashadjam’, a raga used by the Thyagaraja school and not found in Dikshithar system. In...

Ragam Revathi is another very popular, but rare raga – there are a huge number of compositions (about 90) available, still only some of...