Carnatic Ragas

Raga List

Carnatic Scale - SHUBAPANTUVARALY (C)

C
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C#
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D#
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F#
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G
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G#
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B
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C
Sa
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Ri1
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Ga2
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Ma2
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Pa
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Dha1
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Ni3
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Sa
Shubhapantuvarali
Literally meaning ‘the auspicious moon’, Shubhapantuvarali is often deemed as a sad raga. This is the 45th raga in the Melakarta system of Carnatic music and is referred to as Shivapantuvarali in Muthuswami Dikshitar school of Carnatic music. The counterpart of Shubhapantuvarali in Hindustani music is Thodi thaat.
Arohana: S R1 G2 M2 P D1 N3 S
Avarohana: S N3 D1 P M2 G2 R1 S
The swaras of this raga are shadjam, shuddha rishabham, sadharana gandharam, prati madhyamam, panjamam, shuddha dhaivatham and kakali nishadam. The notes Ga and Ni are the ragachaaya swaras that give the raga a sorrowful feel. But there are also many happy songs in this raga. In fact, in the northern part of India, this raga is used to denote festive spirit.
The mnemonic name of this third raga in the Vasu chakra is Vasu-Go. Dhenuka, the 9th Melakarta raga is the shuddha madhyamam equivalent of this sampoorna raga. Shubhapantuvarali has a few janya ragas like Arunangi, Bhanudhanyasi and Chayaranjani. Some of the famous compositions in this raga are Sri Satyanarayanam by Muthuswami Dikshitar, Ennalu urake by Thyagaraja and Pahimaam payoraasi by Kalyani Varadarajan.
Shifting the notes of this raga using Graha bhedam gives the raga Chalanata. Quite a large number of movie songs have been born out of this raga in both Tamil and Malayalam movie industry. Some of them are listed below.
List of Tamil movie songs in Shubhapantuvarali:
• Unnai naan Santhithaen (Film Aayirathil Oruvan)
• Kaala Magal (Film Anandha Jodhi)
• Manathil oru paattu (Film Manathile Oru Paattu)
• Indha Naadagam (Film Paalum Pazhamum)
• Engey Nimmathi (Film Nadigan)
List of Malayalam movie songs in Shubhapantuvarali:
• Prapancham (Film Paadheyam)
• Achanurangaatha veedu (Film Achanurangaatha Veedu)
• Manipravaala (Film Maanishaada)
• Bhoopaalam Paadaatha (Film Aagraham)
• Ee Marachillayil (Film Kousthubham)
 
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