Quiz on ragas in a light vein

[Ananth]

26. Bahudari ?

[vasanthakokilam]

26 Yes

[Ananth]

Another clue for 25..
This raga has two names, both of them mean the same: a fast wheeled vehicle.

[vasanthakokilam]

btw that answer by Mohan for 25, while a very good answer for the clue, is not what I had in mind. ( But I see how your clue works for that answer )

[Ananth]

30 is Nattai (not I)
Cool one

I guess we have only the monkey and the fruit left over.
May the monkey take care of the fruit

[vasanthakokilam]

Yes, 30 is correct

For monkey, I got as far as Langor..

I first read it as North American Monkey and read up on it There are indeed some species of monkeys in NA)


These two still remain

25. Diabetics better not think about this raga
27. we bid adieu to the day

[Ananth]

So 27 neelambari as proposed by nadhasudha is wrong?

Let's wait for the remaining answers then I'll post a few more puzzles. This is interesting!

[vasanthakokilam]

>So 27 neelambari as proposed by nadhasudha is wrong?
Right, not what I have in mind. I was only saying Yes to those that were right without saying No to the ones that did not match mine

[Pratyaksham Bala]

25 vegavahini
27 bhairavi

[Ananth]

The North Indian monkey - is it kApi?
kapi -> kApi (because monkey is long tailed
and North Indian because kapi is a Sanskrit word?

[Pratyaksham Bala]

25 vegavahini - vega food cart
27 bhairavi - bye ravi

[Pratyaksham Bala]

16 phalamanjari

[Ponbhairavi]

16- ah beri.
Or rasali(colloquial for rasthali banana
17- maruthi.
Or ramakriya=hanuman coated in sindhooram. Sindhuramakriya
27-poorna chandrika

[Pratyaksham Bala]

17 brindavana saranga

[mohan]

Ponbhairavi is correct with
16. a type of fruit - abheri (a berry)

Ananth - yes kapi is a sanksrit for ape/monkey
17. North Indian monkey - Hindustani kapi

[Ananth]

A new set:

31. திருமண் சாற்றும் ஒலி
Raga.
(It is in Tamil, sorry can't be translated)

32. It's purely ceremonial.
Raga.

33. Movie actress in those days.
Now more famous for the Daily Soap
Penned by the Swan guru.
Raga + krithi + composer

34. Who, that chain of poems?
Or cinemas?
But a bit retarded?
No worries, pray to Sarasvati.
Raga and krithi.

35. Idhudaanda koottani.
Konjam munna pinna irundhalum.
Raga

[vasanthakokilam]

25 vegavahini - vega food cart
27 bhairavi - bye ravi

27 (big adieu to the day) is correct. I am glad you got it

25 is still open. It is not a popular or much in use raga

[Ananth]

>> 4. Neelamani ( neela money )
Can be mani-rangu also

[Pratyaksham Bala]

25 vanaspati

[Pratyaksham Bala]

31 nAdhanAmakriya

[vasanthakokilam]

PB, yours as well as Mohan's( chakravaham ) fit my clue (Diabetics don't date) but the one I had in mind was raga 'kEsari'. yes, there is a raga by that name.

So all we have now are Ananth's latest set. PB's answer 31 sounds good!!

[Ananth]

31 nAdhanAmakriya Yes!

[Pratyaksham Bala]

35 nAsika bhUshaNi

[Ananth]

> 35 nAsika bhUshaNi
No sir.

This one is a bit tough. Focus on kUttaNi, a Tamil word. Rest of the clue is just to support this.

[Pratyaksham Bala]

... Focus on kUttaNi, a Tamil word. Rest of the clue is just to support this.

kUttaNi or kUTTaNi ?

[Ananth]

koottani as in politics.

[Pratyaksham Bala]

35 ravichandrika ?

[sukumar]

33 is about Sadashiva Brahmendra krithi?

[Pratyaksham Bala]

33. Swan guru - Annamacharya

[Ananth]

33 is of course a Annamacharya kriti. Made famous by MSS.
35 - not Ravichandrika. (but I know where you are coming from

[Pratyaksham Bala]

35. There is a raga named 'Sangrama'; Sangrama means - battle, war, fight, combat, conflict.
If it is 'Samkrama', it will match the clue 'kUTTaNi'; Samkrama means - coming together.

[Ananth]

Well, no!

kUttaNI -> Combo in English.
The Combo -> Kambodhi.

Yeah, I know, it is quite silly!

[Ananth]

31. திருமண் சாற்றும் ஒலி
Raga.
(It is in Tamil, sorry can't be translated)
- solved, nAdhanAmakriya

32. It's purely ceremonial.
Raga.
- clue janyam of one of the top 6.

33. Movie actress in those days.
Now more famous for the Daily Soap
Penned by the Swan guru.
Raga + krithi + composer
- clue famous actress from Kerala in the 80s.

34. Who, that chain of poems?
Or cinemas?
But a bit retarded?
No worries, pray to Sarasvati.
Raga and krithi.
- clue: ragam name related to antakshari.
Pallavi literal translation of last line.

35. Idhudaanda koottani.
Konjam munna pinna irundhalum.
Raga
It is kambhodi.

I added some more clues above.