Raga TanukIrti

[venkatakailasam]

Raga TanukIrti..

This raga,is not to be found amidst the 72 melakartha ragas....or janya ragas.
However, MD has composed a song in this raga
CidaMbara-naTarAjamUrtiM--TanukIrti--misra-cApu..

This is rendered by Shri TMK..

I would like to know the scales.....
( refer http://pianoencyclopedia.com/scales/raga-tanukirti/)

The song is here:

cidaMbara-naTarAjamUrtiM--TanukIrti--misra-cApu--TM Krishna..

http://mfi.re/listen/fcf1hv6xb7itya2/ci ... u--TMK.mp3

I have taken written permission From Shri TMK for sharing in music circles...

( TM Krishna

Jul 3 (3 days ago)

to me
Dear Sir,

In principle I have no objections but can you please send me the recording to understand where it is from.

I hope you don't mind.

Warm Regards

T.M. Krishna )

This recording is part of the Sangita Samradaya Pradarshini archival project initiated by Vidvan R.K. Shriramkumar and T.M.Krishna, through their organiation jnanarnava trust...TM Krishna

[Rajani]

Sir, this Kriti is available for download at Sangeethapriya's MD Tribute page. Rendered by Sri TMK with Dr RSJayalakshmi on Veena. The scale etc are played first, enabling one to learn the Kriti.

[vasanthakokilam]

Sri, Venkatakailasam, it is a melakartha raga called tAnarUpi. It is called tanukIrti in the nomenclature MD followed.(asampUrna mela system)

From karnatik.com

tAnarUpi (tanukIrti)

6 tAnarUpi mela
Aa: S R1 G1 M1 P D3 N3 S
Av: S N3 D3 P M1 G1 R1 S
Janya ragas
Songs:
vA vElavA - KI

Called tanukIrti (S R1 M1 P N3 S - S N3 D3 N3 P M1 G1 M1 R1 S) in the Dikshitar (asampUrna mela) system

[arasi]

Rajani,
Thank you for identifying where it came from.

VK and VK,
This is impressive but sounds different (to me). MD's version of the rAgA sounds stuccatto when Koteeswara Iyer's 'vA, vElavA' has a lot of kuzhaivu.