Carnatic Janya Ragas

Raga List

Carnatic Scale - Suddha Vasantha (Gb)

ASCENDING
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Sa
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Ni3
Sa
Kamavardhini
Also known as Pantuvarali, Kamavardhini is the 51st raga in the Melakarta system of Carnatic music. The literal meaning of the word Kamavardhini is ‘that which increases desire’. Songs in this famous raga is usually heard when the concert begins. The Muthuswami Dikshitar school of Carnatic music calls this raga Kashiramakriya.
Arohana: S R1 G3 M2 P D1 N3 S
Avarohana: S N3 D1 P M2 G3 R1 S
The swaras of this raga are shadjam, shuddha rishabham, antara gandharam, prati madhyamam, panjamam, shuddha dhaivatham and kakali nishadam. Ri, Ma and Ni are the ragachaya swaras. Kamavardhini is the third raga in the Brahma chakra with the mnemonic name Brahma-Go. Having all the seven swaras, it is categorized as a sampoorna raga. The shuddha madhyamam equivalent of this raga is Mayamalavagowla, the 15th Melakarta raga.
Ragas like Deepakam, Bhogavasanta, Gamakapriya etc are all derived from Kamavardhini. The notes of Kamavardhini give a lot of scope for alapana. A few of the compositions set to this raga are Harinama Jihveyolirabeku by Vyasatirtha, Vitalayya Vitalayya by Jagannatha Dasa and Shankari Ninne by Mysore Vasudevachar. The counterpart of Kamavardhini in Hindustani music is Poorvi thaat or Puriya Dhanashree. The raga is also found to be similar to Sadaripann of Tamil music.
Singing Kamavardhini is said to purify the whole human body and relieves one from headache and cold. Like many other ragas, this sarvakalika raga works in great ways to heal the issues of the mind. The listeners when hearing a recital, enters a tranquil state by being in a meditative mood. In addition, some songs in this raga bring a tinge of sorrow or devotion.
Shifting the notes of Kamavardhini using Graha bhedam gives Kanakangi, the first Melakarta raga. There are many Tamil movie songs set to this raga owing to the melody it delivers. In Malayalam, there is only one movie song– Padmaasanathil from the movie Kumaarasambhavam.
List of Tamil movie songs in Kamavardhini:
• Neerada Neram (Film Vaira Nenjam)
• Intha Nimisham (Film Hello)
• Amba Manamkanindhu (Film Sivakavi)
• Piraye Piraye (Film Pithamagan)
• Om Sivoham (Film Naan Kadavul)
 
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