Carnatic Ragas

Raga List

Carnatic Scale - CHARUKESI (C)

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Charukesi
There are many ragas in Carnatic music that brings a feeling of devotion to listeners and Charukesi is one among them. The specialty here is that this raga blends devotion with sringara in a way that becomes soothing to the listeners.
Charukesi, the 26th raga in the Melakarta system of Carnatic music, literally means ‘with beautiful hair’. It is referred to as Tarangini in Mthuswami Dikshitar school of Carnatic music. Being the second raga in the Bana chakra, it has the mnemonic name Bana-Sri.
Arohana: S R2 G3 M1 P D1 N2 S
Avarohana: S N2 D1 P M1 G3 R2 S
The notes of this raga are shadjam, chathusruthi rishabham, antara gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, panjamam, shuddha dhaivatham and kaisiki nishadham. Ga and Ni are jeeva swaras, Pa is amsha swara and Ni is Kambita swara. This sampoorna raga is the shuddha madhyamam equivalent of the 62nd Melakarta raga Rishabhapriya.
This raga that can be sung at any time of the day is a moorchanakaaraka mela. Charukesi has only a few janya ragas like Maaravi, Poorvadhanyasi etc. The compositions in this raga include Karunai Varuumo by Papanasam Sivan, Adamodi Galade by Thyagaraja, Karunanidhan by Swathi Thirunal and Innum En manam by Lalgudi Jayaraman. Shifting the notes of Charukesi using Graha bhedam gives three ragas Natakapriya, Vachaspati and Gourimanohari.
The notes of Charukesi are very apt for Hindustani gazals and one popular one in this raga is Bhavgeet He Surano Chandra Vha composed by Pandit Jitendra Abhisheki. One can find tinges of Charukesi in western music as well in Franzs Schubert’s impromptu C Minor Allegro molto moderato.
The love for Charukesi raga in Indian music composers is very evident in the way they have used its notes to give tunes to several movie songs. In Malayalam, one of the most popular songs of the time Akale Akale Neelakasham from the movie Midumidukkiis is set to Charukesi. It is so popular that it is still heard in music concerts and reality shows.
List of Tamil movie songs in Charukesi:
• Neeyegadhi Eswari (Film Annaiyin Aanai)
• Manmadha Leelayai (Film Haridas)
• Ammamma Keladi (Film Karuppu panam)
• Vasandha Mullai (Film Sarangadhara)
• Vellimalai Mannava (Film Kandhan Karunai)
List of Malayalam movie songs in Charukesi:
• Snehikkan (Film Kalabham)
• Krishna Kripa Sagaram (Film Sargam)
• Yaathrayai (Aayiram Para)
• Pooja Bimbam (Film Harikrishnans)
• Swapnam Thyajichal (Film Rakshasa Rajavu)
 
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