Need clarification in ragam

[ajaysimha]

Thandai Thai irundal song is sung in
Mukhari by t m krishna (rare tune)
Shanmukhapriya by Aruna Sairam (popular tune)
Why is this change in tune ..........???
Which ragam was its original tune ?
Karnatic website gives both the Raga names for it ?

[Lakshman]

The song was originally composed in mukhAri by Gopakrishna Bharati. N.C.Vasntakokilam popularized it in SaNmukhapriya rAgA.
To add to the confusion K Ponniah Pillai (the sangita kalanidhi) composed a song with the same starting words, also in mukhAri. You did not mention whose song was rendered by TMK. Many of the wordsin both songs are very similar.

[ajaysimha]

Ohh that's great ......... Is was pointing to gopalakrishna bharathi's song.

[ajaysimha]

i have heard that in the same way the song `eppadi padinaro` of suddananda bharathi
was tuned in nadanamakriya
and re-tuned to karnataka devagandari by dkp amma