Is this Shubapanthuvarali?

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bdeepu
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Post by bdeepu »

Dear Rasikas,

Please listen to this: http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=5a815InJ50A

I think this is Shubapanthuvarali. Is it right?

If yes, can you post some good renditions of this soulful raga?

Thanks!

hariharan
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Post by hariharan »

This song, according to my views, is in the Raga ' Sekhara Chandrika ' which is a janya raga of the 45th mela-Subhapantuvarali.
The Aroh. and Avaroh is: SRGMNDNS - SNDMGRS. This is a Pancham varja raga and resembles the Hindusthani raga ' Gurjari Todi ' of the That TODI. The That ' Todi ' is equivalant of 45th Mela. Tansen had named this Todi (Hinduthani) as ' Miyaki Todi ' which sounds alike to Subhapantuvarali of CM. Gurjari-Todi is the Pancham varja raga of 'Miyaki-Todi'

Sri. Kovai Jairam Bhagavatar had sung a beautiful Ayyappan song in this raga in one of his album. The lyrics are as under (may need some corrections on the transcript)

Raga: Sekharachandrika. Talam: Adi

padi padiyAga uyarthum padi - ayyan
pAdam paNi pathinettupadi
vaNagiDum bhaktarkal ninaithapadi- avar
vazhkkai amaindiDum nallapadi (padi padi)

kArthikai virutam ERthapadi-ayyan
karuNayin mandiram sonnapadi
irumudi EndiyE sellumpadi- ayyan
thiruvadi kANa amaindapadi (padi padi)

dharmam ulaginil nilaikkumpadi- dharma
sAsthA nilayay amarndapadi
AlayavAsal thirandapadi- arul
vAri vazhangiDum sirandapadi (padi padi)

saraNam saraNam enDRapadi-ayyan
sannidhi varumpadi seyyumpadi
hariyum sivanum serndapadi- hari
hara sutanaivulakirku tandapadi (padi padiyAga)

Sri. V.K. Raman Sir will be able to sing the above song, after confirming that the lyrics do not have any 'spelling errors'

Radhekrishna
Hariharan.

VK RAMAN
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