Raga- Balahamsa(28)

[satyabalu]

* I could find Thiagarajar has composed as much as 6 kritis in this Raga.
*Can the elite forumites elaborate on the nuances of and kritis in this Raga?

[vasanthakokilam]

satyabalu, search the forum for balahamsa and read up on prior discussions on this topic,
especially in this thread: http://www.rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic. ... sa#p136896

Also, check out member Arun's blog for a discussion on balahamsa:

http://sunson.wordpress.com/2009/08/18/ ... c-music-9/

[satyabalu]

THQ Vasantha Kokilam!

[kmrasika]

The, mrmgs, rmgs phrases in this raga make it quite endearing.
maisūr sadāśiva rāō's "ninuvinā gati" is a nice song in this rāga.

[sruthi]

I came across this very interesting write-up on Dikshitar's vibhakti kriti in this raga.
http://nadhasudharasa.blogspot.com/2009 ... hamsa.html

IT seems Dikshitar introduces the raga mudra very nicely in the charanam - "harahaH prabalahamsa prakASAtmanO"

I have never heard this kriti before. Any audio recordings available?
Thank you very much.

[Lakshman]

Here are the songs in Balahamsa:


Are karunakara (lng)-Triputa-Govindacharya
Balahamsa vahini brahmani- -Bangalore S.Mukund
Chidambarame mukti padam tarume-Adi-Nilakantha Shivan
Dandamu bettedanura kodandapani chudara-Adi-Tyagaraja
Dandamu nettina- -Sriramachandra Murti Sistla
Devi dakshayani dinapale rakshisamma-Rupaka-Muttiah Bhagavatar
Dhiraja sannuta maharaja sevita shri (tv)-Ata-Subbarama Dikshitar
Digambaram shivam dina janavanam-Adi-Muttiah Bhagavatar
Durari dorbaloddhama rama manobhirama- -Sriramachandra Murti Sistla
Ekkada neragamamma ituvantibatti chikkanche-Triputa-Annamacharya
Emi setu ninduku mandemaina boyarade samaja-Adi-Annamacharya
Ennadu daya vachcheno inakula tilaka-Rupaka-Patnam Subramania Iyer
Evarunnaru nannu brochevarinakula-Adi-Mysore Sadashiva Rao
Evarunnarura- -Sriramachandra Murti Sistla
Gopala haranmukha-Adi-Bangalore S.Mukund
Guruguhadanyam na janeham guptagamartha-Jhampa-Muttusvami Dikshitar
I haridasuni- -Sriramachandra Murti Sistla
I jagana orulevvaru erungani- -Sriramachandra Murti Sistla
Ika evarito- -Tirupati Narayanasvami
Ika kavalasina demi manasa sukhsmuna nunda-Adi-Tyagaraja
Inai illa unadu tiruvadi inai tanai-Rupaka-Rukmini Ramani
Iniya ganare-Rupaka-Padmavati Ammal
Jnana margam nane shera nalvaram arulayane-Adi-Vedanayakam Pillai
Kadali ravayya kamala nayana karunincha ravayya- -Sriramachandra Murti Sistla
Kamalaksha vegachudara- -Sriramachandra Murti Sistla
Kannada seya gadura kanakangi (tv)-Adi-K.Kottiah
Karuna judavemo kamalanayani kamakshi-Rupaka-R.Venugopal
Kumareshane-Adi-N.S.Ramachandran
Ledantine nivanti daivamu kalyanarama raghurama- -Sriramachandra Murti Sistla
Marai mukhamaga shodippadu taghumo marainda-Adi-Chitravina N.Ravikiran
Mati shekhara manohari (tv)-Adi-R.Venugopal
Nanjai unda kanthane unai-Adi-Shuddhananda Bharati
Nenaruleni vani mataletike (tv)-Ata-Patnam Subramania Iyer
Nilalohita ramani jaya jaya jaya tvatto jagat-K/Dhruva-Uttukadu Venkatasubbier
Ninnu basi yetla yunduro nirmalatmulau janulu-Adi-Tyagaraja
Ninnu vina gati nakevarura nannu vegame-Adi-Mysore Sadashiva Rao
Pahi mam shri vagishvari tava (tv)-Adi-T.K.Govinda Rao
Pahi mam shri vagishvari tava padamboruham (tv)-Adi-T.K.Govinda Rao
Palukavadela paramatma I vela-Rupaka-Tiruvettiyur Tyagayya
Parama bhagava (p)- -Sriramachandra Murti Sistla
Paraman padame-Chapu-R.Shrinivasan (Nadopasana)
Parulanu vedanu patita pavanunda-Adi-Tyagaraja
Payodhara patalipandhu prakhyata (lkg)-Matya-Venkatamakhi
Rajakumara dasharatha rama rajarama-Adi-C.S.Shivaramakrishna Bhagavatar
Rama eva daivatam raghukula tilako me-Rupaka-Tyagaraja
Rama sita rama rama raja tanaya rama dasharata-Adi-Tyagaraja
Shonna shol niye marandidappomo shodikka-Adi-Ambujam Krishna
Shri rajadhi raja maharajashrta (tv)-Ata-Subbarama Dikshitar
Siggu ledu nakinchukaina juda eggulantajesi-C/Triputa-Mysore Vasudevacharya
Talli tandrulu gala peru ganiila ni sari daivamu-Adi-Tyagaraja
Tandalum tarattum jananam vandalum-Adi-Gopalakrishna Bharati
Unnai allal gati yar ulagile unai nambinen shambho-Adi-Papanasham Shivan
Unnai anri tunai illai-Adi-A.P.Haran
Vandalum varattum jananam tandalum-Adi-Gopalakrishna Bharati
Vande shri vinayakam vidya (tv)-K/Triputa-Krishna Sharma
Vanitalaku bhratiki valasekilu nannu goligi-Jhampa-Annamacharya
Vinitalela nenave vibhudu niku nitadu chenta-Rupaka-Annamacharya
Virajaturaga rajarajeshvara niramayuni jeyave-Adi-Tyagaraja

[Ramasubramanian M.K]

Lakshman/Sruthi: WOW!!!!--that is all I can muster--Kudos to you all--I casually clicked on the Raga alapana topic and lo and behold I unearthed a fund and treasure-trove of info on Balahamsa(except for Ramnad Krishnan and DKP I had not heard much about this raga)--that my lethargic mind had not come across despite over 6 decades of listening.breathing/discussing music in this and other forums.THANKS A MILLION--THE LINK TO THE NADASUDHARASA BLOG was extremely informative and judging from the writer's posts remarkable for a young person to have studied MD in such depths.


ENTHARO MAHANUBHAVULU ANTHARIKI VANDANAMU!!!

[vasanthakokilam]

Prof.SRJ with his disciple : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VXq1u7s7gQ

MDR: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fN9E-6-NJwE