Quiz on CM in a lighter vein

[HarishankarK]

if anyone wants to try solving these raga name riddles -

1. Ghost sings at a ball.

2. Saturn adorning a mighty bull - Gangeyabhushani.

3. A blue bird that steals the heart.

4. Too many saws.

5. Respect your male teacher, to get liberation.

Please ask if you want clues

[arasi]

ALi is also yALi.

1: 'ghoul'ipantu?
4: bahu, but saws? an't tell (so, can't be bahudAri, which would be many ways).

[Pratyaksham Bala]

4. Too many saws.

Desavali - the 'sa' avali (the row of sa's).

[HarishankarK]

No both are not correct.

No.1 clue - think English + English (what sound does ghost make?)
No.3 clue - three letter name for a blue bird, second part you already got that right
No.4 clue - what's another single word for too many, just prefix saw to that
No.5 clue - focus on the last word, it's sanskrit equivalent - the name of the raga is almost synonymous to that word.

[shankarank]

This one should be easier - and covered in posts earlier elsewhere:

Raga name:

Lips never meet!

[HarishankarK]

Niroshta

[shankarank]

Yes Sir!.

About your Blue Brid - Only three letter word prefixing a manohari is kamala Manohari that I know - I searched in vain in this book for anything matching: https://books.google.com/books?isbn=8120818423 . Seems like a nice book to read to children.

[HarishankarK]

Look for three letter english name for a bird associated with being blue in colour. Then you'll get it.

[Pratyaksham Bala]

Jay ?
Jayamanohari ?

[Pratyaksham Bala]

Item 4:
Bhimpalas
Palas Kafi

[Ananth]

I know this one would be quite tough, I can give some additional clues.

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So many red herrings for a non-Telugu:
A ragam (not this one),
A day,
The master-lord? (Misheard, probably)
Quick, find the krithi!
(Alone or working together)

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The last two lines point to the ragam, albeit in a silly transliteration.

The first four lines, to a famous krithi. In fact, they refer to the first three words of the pallavi.

Two ragas are involved, one is that of the krithi, other one is a word in the pallavi. Both these are super six level ragas.

The kriti is sung often by the DKP/DKJ school.

Do ask me if you are still stuck. Our WhatsApp group solved it in 30 minutes!

[HarishankarK]

Jay ?
Jayamanohari ?

Perfect ! Congratulations !

[HarishankarK]

Item 4:
Bhimpalas
Palas Kafi

Not correct. Sorry.
Clue - one word to replace 'too much'as an adjective.

[HarishankarK]

I know this one would be quite tough, I can give some additional clues.
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So many red herrings for a non-Telugu:
A ragam (not this one),
A day,
The master-lord? (Misheard, probably)
Quick, find the krithi!
(Alone or working together)

Please give some more clue - it's very hard.

[Ananth]

I think these clues should help you:
"Two ragas are involved, one is that of the krithi, other one is a word in the pallavi. Both these are super six level ragas."

There is just one set of six famous melakarta ragas which have a mathematical relationship. I guess this should be easy. Once you got that, it's just a question of identifying a pallavi containing one of these six raga names, set in another of the six ragas.

The krithi ragam can also be got from,
"The quick grouping".

Important, every word/phrase in the question provides some useful clue to the answer.

[Ananth]

I think these clues should help you:
"Two ragas are involved, one is that of the krithi, other one is a word in the pallavi. Both these are super six level ragas."

There is just one set of six famous melakarta ragas which have a mathematical relationship. I guess this should be easy. Once you got that, it's just a question of identifying a pallavi containing one of these six raga names, set in another of the six ragas.

The krithi ragam can also be got from,
"The quick grouping".

Important, every word/phrase in the question provides some useful clue to the answer.

OK, it has been a long time, let me provide the answer:

Chani Todi Theve - Harikambodhi.

A Telugu kriti with a pallavi line that gives wrong clues to a non-Telugu.
Chani - is not Sani (Saturday)
Todi - the other ragam
Theve - for a Tamilian especially can sound like dEvE
Hurry, combo-the --> Quick Grouping.

[Thalaivarda]

5) Saramathi?

[sangitadasan]

1) Bho-balam --> Bhoopalam

4) Sa-Very --> Saveri

[shankarank]

rAgam : Will cut your hands and hug you!

[shankarank]

An open book ( or an open board or an open forum) exam - just to test how closely people follow various forums :

A bright one in the south that spills into another bright one from the North!

[HarishankarK]

rAgam : Will cut your hands and hug you!

Kharaharapriya?

[shankarank]

Yes Sir! That is correct!

[vasanthakokilam]

What raga results from the cool breeze of

[Ananth]

Malayamarutham!

[vijay.siddharth]

Here's another one:

Very similar to Mountain Dew, it is also similar to a region of Romania

[HarishankarK]

Valaji (Wallachia)

[vasanthakokilam]

Malayamarutham!

Yes