Carnatic Ragas

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Carnatic Scale - GOWRIMANOHARI (C)

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Gowrimanohari
Gowrimanohari, the fifth raga of the Veda chakra, occurs as the 23rd raga of the Melakarta system of Carnatic music. Known as Gourivelavali in the Muthuswami Dikshitar school of music, this raga has the mnemonic name Veda-Ma.
In the western world, you can compare Gowrimanohari with the melodic minor scale in ascending order. There are quite a few compositions in rock music that makes use of melodic minor including ‘Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word’. If you are a Beatles fan, try to remember the song ‘Yesterday’ which uses melodic minor scale in part.
Even though there isn’t exactly an equivalent of Gowrimanohari in Hindustani, the first half and the second half of the scale is found similar to Kafi thaat and Bilaval thaat respectively.
The literal meaning of Gowrimanohari is ‘Gowri, who steals the heart’ while some others believe that the beautiful word means ‘one that is as pleasant and beautiful as Gowri’. This raga which involves a number of prayogas evokes a feeling of well being, peace and is said to reduce stress.
Arohana: S R2 G2 M1 P D2 N3 S
Avarohana: S N3 D2 P M1 G2 R2 S
The notes are shadjam, chathusruthi rishabham, sadharana gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, panjamam, chathusruthi dhaivatham and kakali nishadham. Ni and Ri are the jeevaswaras. This sampoorna raga is the shuddha madhyamam equivalent of Dharmavati which is the 59th Melakarta raga.
When thinking of Gowrimanohari, the first thing that comes to mind is how pleasing listening to this raga can be. This is a thrimoorchanakaaraka mela that can be recited any time of the day and still feels refreshing. The process of shifting using Griha bhedam gives three ragas – Natakapriya, Vachaspati and Charukesi.
Gowrimanohari has a few janya ragas like Gowrishankar, Hamsadeepika and Lavantika. A few compositions in this raga include Varalakshmi Namostute by Mysore Vasudevacharya, Guruleka etuvanti by Thyagaraja and Sarasa sama mridu pada by Swathi Thirunal. Let us see some of the film songs in this raga.
List of Tamil songs in Gowrimanohari raga:
• Paattum Naane (Film Thiruvilaiyadal)
• Poonthenil Kalanthu (Film Enippadigal)
• Maattukara Vela (Film Vannakili)
• Unathu Malar (Film Paadha Kaanikkai)
• Aadatha Manamum (Film Kalathur Kannamma)
List of Malayalam songs in Gowrimanohari raga:
• Nithyanaadha (Film Subhadram)
• Ithra madhurikkumo (Film Five Star Hospital)
• Panchavarnathatha (Film Karutha Kai)
• Dukhadevathe Unaroo (Film Odakkuzhal)
• Kaate nee veesharuthippol (Film Kaatu Vannu Vilichappol)
 
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