ragamalika songs with raga names

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s_hari
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Post by s_hari »

Can i have a list of ragamalika songs with raga names embedded?

1. sri vishwanatham of dikshitar (Wow- in 14 ragas with chittaswarams... sung beautifully by MLV)
2. arabhimanam of tarangampadi panchanata iyer (My favourite rendition by KVN & NSG)
3. ranjani mala of tanjavur shankara iyer (DKJ version)
4. nalinakantimatim - Madurai T krishnaswamy (popularized by Maharajapuram santhanam)
5. sarangan marugane - Jaffna N Veeramani Iyer? (popularized by maharajapuram santham)

There might be more. Would like to know..

-hari

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shri vishvanatham: shrI, Arabhi, gauri, nATa, gauLa, mOhana, sAmA, lalitA, bhairavam, sArangA, shankarAbharaNa, kAmbhOji, dEvakriyA, bhUpALa.

ArabhimAnam: Arabhi, Anandabhairavi, kalyANi, hamsadhvani, lalitA, mOhana, sAmA, sArangA, kamalAmanOhari, pUrvikalyANi, bhairavi, darbAr.

ranjani mrdu pankaja: ranjani, shrIranjani, mEgharanjani, janaranjani.

nalinakAntimatim: nalinakAnti, bhairavi, vasantabhairavi, kEdAra, sAmA, sAvEri, hamsanAda, lalitA, shankarAbharNa, sAramati, bAgEshrI, Anandabhairavi, hamsadhvani.

sAranganmaruganE: sArangA, sAvEri, mOhana, nAyaki, sAramati, sAmA, tODi, vasantA, bilahari, kharaharapriyA, bhairavi, nATa, bhUpALa, Ahiri, shrI.

s_hari
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Post by s_hari »

Right, i know this. I am checking whether are there more ragamalika's with raga names embedded apart from above 5.

-hari

Lakshman
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Post by Lakshman »

How about rAgattil siranda?

s_hari
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Post by s_hari »

yes!! This one is popularized by nithyasree.

-hari

Lakshman
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Post by Lakshman »

There are over 825 rAgamAlikAs on my list.
I don't know how many have the rAgAs embedded in them.

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Post by s_hari »

Why i am bringing up is, it will be easy for children to get to know more raga names, and grasp raga swaroopa. This may one of the easy techniques to create interest in kids

-hari

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1. sakala kalai aRuLum shree saraswathiyE nanmaiyum yeLLam tArum nalinAkAnthiyE - saraswati + nalinakANthi + amrithavarshini + Anandabhairavi + kalyAni + bhAgeshri + sAveri + keeravani - T srinivAsan ,sang by Bangalore Shankar . T Srinivasan has packed all the raga names beautifully.

2. Suryaprakash sings this mega rAgamAliga of his own, cleverly crafting about 20 + ragas, in one of the reviews i listed as written below(too much to type it again).

Devargal Arul Seidha rAgaNgaLE - rAgamAliga - suryaprakAsh
Started with hamsanAdam line devargal arul seidha rAgangale , antha bhAvangalil thoyndha pAdalgale
Just quote few lines nAttai paripAlanum seiyum ... kalyAni unnaiallal yAre gati ... bhairavi nin perumai yaro puriyatha...
ranjani ???...tOdi thAye yashode???...darbAril pAda oru yojanai ....varAli tarum kanakilla ruchiye ....

In the next charanam bhakthan yosithu dhyAname seidhal (dhanyAsi).. bilahari ???...kharaharapriya vagutha rAja mArgam... en vasanthan varAdha mAyamma ... kAPi allikum intha sowkhyathirku eededhu, aRAbi rAgam athu sadhithathe

In the next charanam shanmughapriyannuku thanthai thAi irundhal , sArangan theduvanO arunachalane, athanAle mudivu sonnal hariyum haranum

onre...aabhogi... aabheri ...sindhu bhairavi manadhirkku ugandhadhu , veraeDhu mOhana suvai kapale.


3. karpaga vaLLi nIN pOrpadangal - anandabhairavi + ranjani + kalyAni + bhageshri - yAzhpAnam veeramani. I dont know why no one sings this beautiful number these days

Note:
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Interesting observation is I only see these kind of rAgamAliga cocktails only in thamizh and sanskrit. Not heard that in kannada and telugu (some one can counter if I am wrong , may be there is some thing in kannada but telugu I think it is zero.)

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Post by rshankar »

The kannaDA version of 'ArabhimAnam vaittu' that goes 'Arabhi rAga priyE', and the MKT blockbuster from Siva Kavi, 'vasantaritu manamOhanamE', nityakalyANi nigamAnta sancAriNi, svAmiyai azhaittODivADi (padavarNam), Sanmukhapriya nAyakanE, nIdAn tuNai nIlAmbarI nIlakaNThan manOhari.

Doesn't Sri LGJ's navarasa padavarNam also have the rAga names embedded in it?

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Post by s_hari »

Thanks rajesh & ravi.

How did i forget mela raga malika of maha vaidhyanatha sivan beautifully sung by MS amma?

-hari

kmrasika
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Post by kmrasika »

Some unique ones that come to mind:

gAravanunna dhanyuDaiti (hope I got the words right) should have the rAga mudrAs in the caraNAs. Ashwin & Rohin: you have a audio for this piece?

There's also cinni kr.shNa dAsa's "amba nI caraNamu" as well as another with similar words by the garbhapuri Quartette.

I think the longest composition in CM so far, the ashTOttara Shata rAgAmALikA has also all the rAga names woven in the sAhitya.

tirupati vidyAla nArAyaNasvAmi nAyuDu has a composition - nI darbAruna gAcinadi comprising the rAgAs - darbAr, sAvEri, mAyAmALavagauLa, candrakala, aThANA, suraTi, bhUpALam and varALi.

ShrI Spencer Ar vENugOpAl has also composed a manOharimAlikA in which all the names of those employed are mentioned.

maisUr sadASiva rAU - pancabANa rAgamALikA - pancacAnuDu - tODi, AbhOgi, ShankarAbhraNa, khAmbhOji, sahAnA - all caraNA-s end with the anchor phrase of "sarigAdu maunamu sArasAksha"
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srinivasrgvn wrote:Some more of them:
arul mazhai pozhivAi, karunai mathi thavazhum.
Add: Sankharabharana Devi popularized by Madurai Somu. Here's a version
http://vilangudi.googlepages.com/12Shan ... naDevi.mp3 sung by Udaiyalur K Kalyanarama bhagavathar

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There are also the below:
1. Nee than thunai neelambari - (Ragas -Neelambari, Vasantha Bhairavi, Gowri Manohari, Saraswathi, SriRanjani, Mohanakalyani, Durga, Jyotiswarupini)
2. Shanmughapriya nayakan (Ragas - Shanmughapriya, Shankarabharanam, Bhairavi, Mohanam, Sahana, Saramathi, Panthuvarali, Darbar)
3.Purnachandrabimba vijaya vadane - Muthswami Dikshitar Ragas - Purnachandrika, Narayani, Saraswathi Manohari, Shudha Vasantha, Hamswadhani, Nagadhwani) - This has gopucha yathi also
4.Karunai mathi thingazhum ( Ragas- Jaganmohini, Anandabhairavi, Sunadhavinodini, Keeravani, Kalyani, Nayaki, Ranjani, Devgandhari)
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rshankar
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Post by rshankar »

Harishankar 1 and 2 are mentioned in post #9, and 4 in post #12.

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Post by HarishankarK »

Oh hope i overlooked them :)

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Post by kmrasika »

pancakalyANi composition of Dr Shatadhvani ganEsh rendered by Smt nAgavalli nAgarAj: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgCan3s8iTo

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The mention of ranjani-s in the previous jogged my mind and I remembered NS cidambaram's ("Shuddha satvAnanda") beautifully woven dvAdaSha ranjani-mAlika, "nenjinil niRaindiDum ranjani..." : rAgAs are ranjani, SrIranjani, guharanjani, Shivaranjani, janaranjani, mAraranjani, manOranjani, mEgharanjani, Shrutiranjani, svararanjani, budharanjani and cittaranjani.

Smt saumyA has rendered a pallavi in navaranjani-mAla. Don'r recall the words off my head.

Also a few more comes to mind:

1. sOhani svarUp kAnth mukh by svAti (sOhini, mEgh, malhAr, ADANA)

2. karNAtakoMkaNa gauLadESha by vINA varadayya (nATa, gauLa,varALi, Arabhi, SrI, bhauLi, sAranganATa, nArAyaNi)

3. karuNai ceyvAyE kalyANiyE (rendred by the sUlamangaLam sisters in a devotional album whose name doesn't come to mind now)

4. sAnandam kamalA manOhari & kalyANi - rAgamALikA SlOkAs of svAti set to music by the late SSI
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shanthi0615 wrote:Hi KMrasika- can you tell me where I can get the dvadasha ranjani malika - audio? would like to listen to that
Thanks
Go to: http://www.sangeethapriya.org/Downloads/tmt/ma1972/. Item no.8. Sung by TM tyAgarAjan.

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gopalk wrote:
srinivasrgvn wrote:Some more of them:
arul mazhai pozhivAi, karunai mathi thavazhum.
Add: Sankharabharana Devi popularized by Madurai Somu. Here's a version
http://vilangudi.googlepages.com/12Shan ... naDevi.mp3 sung by Udaiyalur K Kalyanarama bhagavathar


Can you please post the lyrics to the song "karunai mathi thavazhum" ?
As it is a pretty rare song, I haven't been able to find the lyrics.

Thank you

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karuNai mati tavazhum. rAgamAlikA. Adi tALA.

P: karuNai mati tavazhum jaganmOhini ambA enakku aruL tuNai ena varam Anandabhairavi
A: suruti vaDivAna sunAdavinOdini shuddha jnAnam tarum kIrvAni tAyE
C: kavitai maNam kamazhum kalyANi vINAgAnam isaittiDum dEva nAyaki
kavignanin nenjinil amarndiDum ranjani kAviya shOlai mIdu dEvagAndhAri

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Minor correction: pallavi - ....tuNai ena varum Anandabhairavi...

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shriranjani wrote:I have composed Devi Saraswati Divya roopini in 3 ragas-Hamsavinodini in praise of Saraswati,Sunadavinodini in praise of Lakshmi & Swarasammodini in praise of Parvati which my students have danced to.The raga names appear in the sahityam.Am no famous composer but the song was much appreciated at the programmes by connoisseurs!
Came across a beautiful ragamalika of Shatavadhi Dr.R Ganesh-Saramathi Sumathi Ganapathi beginning with Saramathi,Hamsanandi,Abhogi,Hamsanadam,Shanmukhapriya, Abheri,Mohanam.

WE are eagerly awaiting to your posting of the Lyrics and the Audio link of your Ragamalika composition. Wish we will have this soon from you. Thanks

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Lakshman wrote:karuNai mati tavazhum. rAgamAlikA. Adi tALA.

P: karuNai mati tavazhum jaganmOhini ambA enakku aruL tuNai ena varam Anandabhairavi
A: suruti vaDivAna sunAdavinOdini shuddha jnAnam tarum kIrvAni tAyE
C: kavitai maNam kamazhum kalyANi vINAgAnam isaittiDum dEva nAyaki
kavignanin nenjinil amarndiDum ranjani kAviya shOlai mIdu dEvagAndhAri
Thank you very much Lakshman sir
Thank you also, rshankar sir
I really appreciate it!

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I have recently heard a song in a concert where there is one avarta of sahitya(raga name included) and then two of chitte swaras.
The ragas were darbaru, kaanada, kalyani, todi, kamach, ?, ?, surati.
The last two avartas were jatis.
Also, the song was in tamil, so I could not catch the lyrics.
Can someone please identity this song for me?

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kAr viriyum shOlai (tv). rAgamAlikA. k/cApu tALA. Ponniah Pillai.

(rAgA: darbAr)
kAr viriyum shOlai malivaLavanadu darbAru
(rAgA: kAnaDA)
kaNDErkkuk-kAnaDA mAlaienum tArAi
(rAgA: aThANA)
pOririyaThANAvil pODudal pOL pOTTAi
(rAgA: hamIrkalyANi)
poyyAnanEshamIr kalyANi tOzhi
(rAgA: khamAs)
nAr viriyum malar mullai khamAsenavE kamazha
(rAgA: paraju)
nAl matiyam parashuDaiyAn nIrenavE miLira
(rAgA: behAg)
Er virumbi-yAkkiya nark-kAdalenum tazhal tAn
(rAgA: suraTi)
enaduyirai suruTiyiDa irangi aruLAyO

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thanks for identifying the sound and posting the lyrics!
It seems that Ponniah Pillai is an expert in the Raga Mudra technique. I have heard a ragatalamalika of his ,where the Raga name as well as the Tala name, both have been beautifully incorporated in the sahitya of the song.

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Amba ninnu nera nammiti Anandabhairavi- a ragamalika composed by Chinni krishna dasa.

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Who is the composer of this song Karunai mati tavazhum?
Lakshman wrote: 31 Jan 2010, 15:24 karuNai mati tavazhum. rAgamAlikA. Adi tALA.

P: karuNai mati tavazhum jaganmOhini ambA enakku aruL tuNai ena varam Anandabhairavi
A: suruti vaDivAna sunAdavinOdini shuddha jnAnam tarum kIrvAni tAyE
C: kavitai maNam kamazhum kalyANi vINAgAnam isaittiDum dEva nAyaki
kavignanin nenjinil amarndiDum ranjani kAviya shOlai mIdu dEvagAndhAri

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N.S.Chidambaram.

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Thank you Lakshmanan!
Lakshman wrote: 19 Feb 2018, 22:08 N.S.Chidambaram.

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The name is Lakshman, please.

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