chandrajyOti

[SrinathK]

An introduction from Raga Surabhi (an excellent resource for ragas, readers do check it out) http://www.ragasurabhi.com/carnatic-mus ... jyoti.html

Soothing, meditative, pleading and absorbing in it's character, this raga is quite aptly named. It's also my go to whenever I need to just relax.

Coming to details chandrajyOti is a vivAdi scale going like

Aro: S R1 G1 M2 P D2 S
Avaro : S D2 P M2 G1 R1 S

G1 with R1 combination and D2 complement each other very well.

This was one of those rAgAs that came from Thyagaraja - and we have 2 of his compositions available in this rAgA.

shashi vadanA - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6amVco8RlNk&t=23s (This raga was also an MLV favourite)

and bAgAyanayya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hLt_ZROVgE (LGJ also interpreted this raga very movingly)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiUPeQDSmkI

[ajaysimha]

when anyone listens this ragam for the first time, they often confuse with popular ganamurti as it has the same (r1 and g1 combination)

which swaras are vivadi here ?

[SrinathK]

You can't confuse the D2 and the absence of N3 though, or the M2, that changes everything. G1 is the vivAdi swaram.