Carnatic Ragas

Raga List

Carnatic Scale - LATHANGI (C)

C
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D
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E
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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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Ri2
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Ga3
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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
Latangi
The raga Latangi has a specialty in that it is best suited for recital during night. This 63rd raga in the Melakarta system of Carnatic music is known as Getapriya in Muthuswami Dikshitar school of music.
Arohana: S R2 G3 M2 P D1 N3 S
Avarohana: S N3 D1 P M2 G3 R2 S
The notes of Latangi are shadjam, chathusruthi rishabham, antara gandharam, prati madhyamam, panjamam, shuddha dhaivatham, kakali nishadam. It is the third raga in the Rudra chakra with mnemonic name Rudra-Go. It is a moorchanakaaraka mela having Ga, Ri and Ni as ragachaaya swaras and Pa and Ga as amshaswaras. There is lot of scope for singing the raga with gamaka prayokas.
If a devotional melody is in your mind, you can select Latangi to perform the recital. In fact, it is a raga that mixes many emotions like sorrow, compassion and meditation. It is great for alapana which has resulted in many composers choosing it for melodies.
Latangi is a sampoorna raga whose prati madhyamam when replaced with shuddha madhyamam gives Sarasangi, the 27th Melakarta raga. Some of its janya ragas are Hamsalata, Kananapriya and Karunakari. Compositions like Aparadhamula and Diname Sudhinamu by Thyagaraja and Venkataramana by Papanasam Sivan are set to this raga. Shifting the notes of the raga using Graha bhedam gives Sooryakantam and Senavati.
List of Tamil Songs in Latangi raga:
• Gananaadhanae Varuga (Film Avvaiyar)
• Piravaa Varam Tharum (Film Nandanar)
• Aadum Patham (Film Pon Megalai)
• Ennai Thodarendhu (Film Maamiyar Veedu)
• Aadadha Manamum Undo (Film Mannadhi Mannan)
List of Malayalam Songs in Latangi raga:
• Om Om Maayaamaalavagowla (Film Swathu)
• Kamaneeya Keralame (Film Viyarppinte Vila)
• Paada Smarana Sukham (Film Sallapam)
 
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