Carnatic Janya Ragas

Raga List

Carnatic Scale - Mrganandhana (G)

ASCENDING
G
-
A
-
B
-
E
-
F#
-
G
DESCENDING
G
-
F#
-
E
-
C#
-
E
-
B
-
A
-
G
 
 
Sa
RI1
Ga2
Ma1
Pa
Dha2
Ni3
Sa
Nadakapriya
Nadakapriya, which is the 10th raga in the Melakarta system of Carnatic music, literally means ‘the one dear to theatre’. With all the seven notes in its arohana and avarohana, it is counted as a sampoorna raga and is known as Natabharanam in Muthuswami Dikshitar school of Carnatic music.
Arohana: S R1 G2 M1 P D2 N2 S
Avarohanam: S N2 D2 P M1 G2 R1 S
The swaras follow the order shadjam, shuddha rishabham, sadharana gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, panjamam, chathusruthi dhaivatham and kaisiki nishadham. It is the 4th raga in the Netra chakara and has the mnemonic name Netra-Bhu. If you want to know the scales of the 46th Melakarta raga Shadvidamargini, you can replace the shuddha madhyamam of Nadakapriya with prati madhyamam. When you shift the notes of Nadakapriya using Graha bhedam, you will get three ragas: Charukesi, Vachaspati and Gourimanohari.
Natabharanam has same scales as that of Nadakapriya but it is sung as vakra giving it a zig zag order. This raga is a shadava-sampoorna raga where the ascending scale has only six notes but the descending scale has all the seven notes.
Arohana: S G2 M1 P N2 D2 N2 S
Avarohana: S N2 D2 N2 P N2 P M1 G2 G2 R1 R1 S
Coming back to Nadakapriya, the ragachaya swaras of this raga are Ri and Ni often appearing as long and extended. It has got many janya ragas among which Sindhu Bhairavi is a popular one. There is even a movie in the same name and the popular song Padariyen Padippariyen from this movie is set to Sindhu bhairavi raga.

The famous compositions in Nadakapriya are Maara jananeem Aashraye by Nallan Chakravartulu Krishnamacharyulu, Endukinta Kopamu by Tiruvottriyur Tyagayyar, Idi Samayamu by Mysore Vasudevachar and Geeta Vadya Natana by Tanjavur Shankara Iyer.
List of Tamil movie songs in Nadakapriya
Chinnanjiru Kiliye (Film Mundhanai Mudichu)
Nenje Gurunaatharin (Film Mogamul)
 
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