About Raga Sankara

[sankar]

I have heard there is a raga named sankara (not sankarabharanam).It is perhaps sung in North Indian music concerts. Can anyone elucidate on this raga?

[VK RAMAN]

atleast give the link for the song; so rasikas can listen and let you have their views

[sankar]

i have no online link. There is a Thiruppugazh song 'Eru mayil eri vilayadum...' sung by T.V.Sundaravalli in tape in raga sankara. Is it common in carnatic music?

[VK RAMAN]

here is a youtube link with explanation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALWy6XnRdDM
by Pt. Bhimsen Joshi & Ustad Rashid Khan- Raag Shankara

[Lakshman]

From Raganidhi:
Shankara is a very popular hindustani raga. It belongs to bilaval that (shankarabharana). Jati of this is audava shadava. ri and ma are not used in aroha. In avaroha ma is omitted but ri is slighly touched. Aroha/avaroha of shankara are:
s g p n d s* n --s* ni dh pa ga ga pa ga aari sSome musicians do not even touch as ri sa in avaroha but end avaroha with ga pa ga aa sa with meend in ga aa sa. Dha is taken as meend to pa. some musicians use prati ma in avaroha in a vakra sanchara as ni ma* pa and also use, slightly, ri in avaroha. This type of shankara is audhava sampoorna, aroha/avaroha being:
s g p n d s* n --s* n d m* p --g p --g aa ri sa.
Vadi is ga and samvadi is ni. sangatis p s*, ga pa and g s are frequently used. This raga is sung during the second prahara of the night.
Karnatak raga hamsadhvani resembles shankara to some extent but in hamsadhvani dh is not used.

[sankar]

thank you,Mr.Lakshman and Mr.V.K.Raman.

[venkatakailasam]

please see the link for a song on raga sankara :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDrFNUbxOJk


E'-SWARA-004-Priya sisters-sAiEshvara ni padamula Raga shankarA Adi tALA.flv

venkatakailasam

[hariniraghavan]

To me it sounds very much like Hamsadhwani.
Harini.

[mankuthimma]

http://www.manoramic.com/
Ondondagi Jaridare- Krishna Kalle
Sankara has best most brilliantly interpreted in this kannada cabaret hit .

[vs_manjunath]

Pt Jasraj has sung raga 'Shankara' in MUSIC INDIA commercial.

[mankuthimma]

http://www.mediafire.com/?w266yja2705aa3t

Shankara in Dhrupad form By Dagar Bros. Dhrupad... Where all confusions vanish into thin air.

http://www.mediafire.com/?phkrki51eef969l
Hamsadhwani sung with a Streak of Shankara by Bade Ghulam Ali Khan
1956 - For Rama Navami in Bengalooru !!!

And of course that classic that stopped an elephant in its tracks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nncyyp8eOl0

[venkatakailasam]

Yes. There are plenty of songs in Hindustani Classical as it is basically a hindustani raga.
venkatakailasam