Raga- HRADINI (a rare raga)

hariharan · Post by **hariharan** » 22 Jul 2013, 23:50

Please listen to the following carnatik Keerthan, sung by Bellary Brothers, Sri. M. Venkatesh Achar & Sri.M.Seshagiri Achar, in a rarest of rare ragas, Raga-Hradini ,
The song is " Sree Purandara Gurum Namami-set to Adi Talam.

The audio link of this song is < http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt0tQAW70K0 >
The song is composed by Vidhwan Sri. Bellary M. Sheshagiri Achar himself. The lyrics of this 'Guru' keerthana is noted down and corrections,if any, are most welcome.
Pallavi :
ShrI purandara gurUm namAmI
pampA kshetra sthira nivAsam aharNisham
Anu Pallavi:
nArada avatAram naravaram
sAragAna kalO dhArakam- su sAragAna.......
Charanam:
karNAtaka sangItha pitAmaham
vyAsa yathIvara karakamala sancAram
gnyAna bhakti vairAgya su bhOdhakam
vishEshadAsa grahaNyam varENyam

Raga- Hradini,
According to my views, this raga resembles the ragam 'Amrutavarshini ' more during the poorvanga sanchara and the raga lakshana instantly changes from Amruhavarshini in the uttaranga sancharam ( I feel, the kaishiki Nishad swara-N2 sounds here and not the N3 swara (kakala nishad) of Amruthavarshini raga. More details, if available, about of this rare raga may please be discussed in this thread for our information. I hope more details of the raga will come out from music experts in our forum.

The song is an awesome rendition and worth listening/learning.

Radhekrishna

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 23 Jul 2013, 00:59

Very melodious.
I wonder whether Lakshman can tell us the raga lakshanam.
It does sound like Amritavarshini to start with.
Looks like a vakra raga...

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 23 Jul 2013, 03:58

hrdini - a janyA of mELA 64 (vAcaspati). S G M P N S / S N P M G M G R S.

satyabalu · Post by **satyabalu** » 23 Jul 2013, 04:19

* may be a little bit of Mandari?

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 23 Jul 2013, 07:39

Thanks Lakshman!

Rsachi · Post by **Rsachi** » 23 Jul 2013, 09:01

Thanks for sharing!
sAragAnakalOddharakam seems right.
In their version there is no Ri.

HrAdini is the name of a river in classical dictionaries.

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 23 Jul 2013, 10:58

I also felt there is some resemblance to mandari and amrithavarshini. Not surprising after I checked the Aro/Ava of the three ragas.

Nice song and well sung as well.

hariharan · Post by **hariharan** » 23 Jul 2013, 12:05

Thanks for the valuable information posted by the respective rasikas and my pranams to all of them. I am of the view here that the note 'R' in the descending scale is very weak, may be due to the prominent use of the note "G3" , the sound of which suppresses/weakens R2 (R2 sounds like an anuswara to G3 here). Please commend.
Can we assume that when the Nishada of Amrutavarshini chages from N3 to N2 then it becomes the raga Hradini !!!

hariharan · Post by **hariharan** » 23 Jul 2013, 12:10

How this name 'hradini' to be rightly pronounced? is it hRADini or hRadini or hradhini ?

Rsachi · Post by **Rsachi** » 23 Jul 2013, 16:22

There is no Ri even in their chitteswaras.

I thought about the name. The source could be hRd (heart) or hrad (water, pool etc)? hrAdini is a river.. So maybe that is the name.

Sangeet · Post by **Sangeet** » 30 Jul 2013, 08:16

So calming. I found this on sangeethpriya. Sharing the dropbox link to this piece in raga hradini. I had never heard this raga before, and indeed I couldn't find anything on my usual hunting spots: gaana.com and raga.com. Anyway, here you go (who is the singer? Her voice is so familiar):

http://db.tt/Jcz0JInT

It would be great to hear it in instrumental....please do share, if you find it.

hariharan · Post by **hariharan** » 02 Sep 2013, 22:49

Thanks Sangeet for the link of the song titled "Madhavo madhava sutam, Mahaneyam manikantam" Can some one help to post the Lyrics of this beautiful song.

hariharan · Post by **hariharan** » 03 Sep 2013, 00:05

The song "Madhavo madhava sutam" is sung by Padma Seshadri Sisters. The song is composed by Sri. Alathoor Vijayakumar. This song is included in the album sung by the said Artists on the web link http://www.addkiosk.in/show_album.ASP?a ... ABM0001788

Lakshman Sir, can you please help to post the Lyrics of the song. Pranams.

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 03 Sep 2013, 06:40

Very melodious rendering.
A beautiful raga. There should be more compositions...

saarangam · Post by **saarangam** » 03 Sep 2013, 07:32

In the pallavi of the kriti, ShrI purandara gurum, what is the reference to "pampA kshEtra sthira nivAsam?"

hariharan · Post by **hariharan** » 03 Sep 2013, 16:11

cmlover, please log on to this web link for details on other compositions by Alathoor Vijayakumar, in the Music Album "Apoorva Raga Manjari"
http://www.carnatica.net/special/apoorvaragamanjari.htm

The songs are available for download from the following web site of Addkiosk at a reasonable price.
1. Apoorva Raga Manjari-Volume-1 @ http://www.addkiosk.in/show_album.ASP?a ... ABM0001803

2. Apoorva Raga Manjari- Volume-2 @ http://www.addkiosk.in/show_album.ASP?a ... ABM0001902

hariharan · Post by **hariharan** » 03 Sep 2013, 17:29

Saarangam,
Guru Purandaradasar (1484 to 1564) hailed from the historical place called ' Hampi ' in the North Karnataka state, situated on the banks of the river 'Tungabhadra' . It is 350 km from Bangalore' . Hampi city is located within the ruins of Vijayanagara, the former capital of the Vijayanagara Empire. The name Hampi is said to be derived from the name "Hampe ", which is situated on the banks of the river Tungabhadra. The river Tungabhadra's old name was river 'Pampa', in whose banks the city of Hampi (Hampe) is built. Later the name Hampe became anglicized as Hampi. The Emperor Krishna Deva Raya of the Vijayanagara Empire was the ruler of Vijayanagara from 1509-1529 and the Emperor was a deciple of Guru Vyasatirtha. Purandaradasa,Kanakadasa, Vijayendra Thirtha were few of the popular students of Guru Vyasatirtha.

The pallavi of the kriti "pampA KshEtra sthira nivAsam" therefore, may be referring to the place Hampi on the banks of the river Tungabhadra (old name 'Pampa')

Any corrections are welcome.

hariharan · Post by **hariharan** » 03 Sep 2013, 17:34

The Lyrics of the song 'Madhava UmAdhavasutam' (pronounced as Madhavo madhava sutam in the album) is composed by Alathoor Vijayakumar whose lives at Chennai.
His add. is Alathoor Vijayakumar, 40, Sri Venkatesa Perumal Nagar, Arumbakkam, Chennai 600 106, India.Telephone: (44) 475 3499
some rasikas can help to contact him to get the lyrics, please?

saarangam · Post by **saarangam** » 03 Sep 2013, 19:41

hariharan wrote:Saarangam,
Guru Purandaradasar (1484 to 1564) hailed from the historical place called ' Hampi ' in the North Karnataka state, situated on the banks of the river 'Tungabhadra' . It is 350 km from Bangalore' . Hampi city is located within the ruins of Vijayanagara, the former capital of the Vijayanagara Empire. The name Hampi is said to be derived from the name "Hampe ", which is situated on the banks of the river Tungabhadra. The river Tungabhadra's old name was river 'Pampa', in whose banks the city of Hampi (Hampe) is built. Later the name Hampe became anglicized as Hampi. The Emperor Krishna Deva Raya of the Vijayanagara Empire was the ruler of Vijayanagara from 1509-1529 and the Emperor was a deciple of Guru Vyasatirtha. Purandaradasa,Kanakadasa, Vijayendra Thirtha were few of the popular students of Guru Vyasatirtha.

The pallavi of the kriti "pampA KshEtra sthira nivAsam" therefore, may be referring to the place Hampi on the banks of the river Tungabhadra (old name 'Pampa')

Any corrections are welcome.

Hariharan
Many readers of this forum may have heard of a river pampA in Sabarimala. Lord Ayyappan of Sabarimala is
often referred to as pampAvAsan. As a native of Kerala, the reference to pampA in the kriti dedicated to Purandaradasar was
confusing to me. Thank you for clarifying that the old name of river Hampi was Pampa.

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 03 Sep 2013, 21:18

Thanks hariharan for the links.

maduraimini · Post by **maduraimini** » 04 Sep 2013, 04:50

Thanks for this song in a rare raga. It was melodious. I have not heard of these artists. It was nice to hear them sing in praise of Purandara Dasa, the Pitamaha of Carnatic music. The start does sound like Amritavarshini. Thanks to Lakshman ji and others for the info on this raga.

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