Sankarabharanam Ragalapana

Sankarabharanam is 29th Melakarta Ragam out of 72 melas. There are so many krithis in this ragam. This ragam has so much scope of ragalapana. The Annamayya kirtana
"Alarulu kuriyaga adinade" made in this ragam is a very beautiful. There are so many janya ragas derived from this ragam. In general, students learning Carnatic music learn the Sankarabharanam Varnam as the first varnam. Suddha Madhyamam and Chathusruthi Daivatham are the jeeva swaras for this ragam.

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Andolika is a very rare ragam.This is derived from 22nd mela Kharaharapriya.
Thyagaraja Kirtana "Ragasudharasa" is made in this raaga. Chatusruti Rishabham, which is the jeevaswaram of this raaga is very beautifully rendered in the ragalapanas.
I hope this song made on 'Bhagavan Shri Puttaparti Saibaba' came out good.

kadambari harisodari

Sankarabharanam is the most famous suddhamadhyama ragam. It is 29th Mela. The Song in the film Sankarabharanam "Omkaranadanusandhanamou ganame" is beautifully rendered by K.V.Mahadevan. There are so many famous kruthis in this raagam. Alarulu Kuriyaganadinade is a beautiful annamayya keertana.

Vanamali in Charukesi Ragam

Charukesi is the 26th Melakartha Ragam, one of beautiful suddha madhyama ragam. There are so many filmy songs in this raaga. "Vooredi peredi o chandamama" is made in this raagam. "Adamodi kalada Ramayya mata" Kruthi is very famous.

Karthikeyam

Nata is one of the most famous raagas of Carnatic Music. It is derived from 36th Mela Chalanata. Mahaganapathim and Pancharatna krithi "Jagadanandakaraka" are very much famous in this raaga. This raagam has scope to do raagalapana long. The Moorchana for this raaga is
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Shatsruthi Rishabham is shown very beautifully in this raaga. Please enjoy this little song made on Lord Subrahmanyeswara(Karthikeya). I hope you enjoy.

Kodandarama

Ragam "Bahudhari" is little bit nearer to "Thilang". Both ragas probably derived from the famous Melakartha Ragam "Harikambhoji". Bahudhari has Chathusruthi daivatham in it's arohana. Thilang doesn't have it. Moorchana for Bahudhari is

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The Moorchana for Thilang is

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I like the Thyagaraja keertana "Brovabharama" which is made in this raagam. Hope the lyrics and the following song came good.

Panduranga vittala

Sindhubhairavi is famous in both Hindustani and Carnatic style of musics. There are so many Keertanas and songs especially devotional. Purandhara Dasa Keertana "Venkatachala Nilayam" is known by almost everybody. There were also many film songs in this raagam. The song "Kanulu therachina neevaye" in the film "Gundamma Kadha" is made in this raagam only. I hope everybody will like this song.

Sree Hari Hrudaya Nivasini

Natakuranji is one of the famous ragas derived from the 28th mela Hari Kambhoji. There are so many kritis in this ragam. "Chalamela" Pada varnam in Natakuranji is very famous. I don't know any picture songs in this ragam. Listen to the following song made in this raaga. It is about Goddess Lakshmi, Lord Sri Hari's wife who resides in his heart. Goddess Lakshmi herself presented in eight forms, called Ashta Lakshmis. Whoever recite Ashta Lakshmi Stotram every day, is free from their bad deeds(Papa karmas) and gain good Karma (Punya).

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"Lalithapriyakamalam virisinadi"
Fabulous lyrics, wonderful raagam. Taking the melody of the ragams in Carnatic Music
into film songs is the speciality of maestro Ilayaraaja. Sounding almost like Mayamalava gowla, "Lalitha" is one of the famous raagas. "Lalitha Priyakamalam" is my favorite song. I hope you are all also like this song. I tried to make a small song in this raaga. Here is this. By the way, the above song is from the film "Rudraveena", one of famous Chiru's films.

Sree durge

"Revati" ragam is very beautiful especially for deep and gloomy feeling songs. The
"Annamacharya kruthi", nanati batuku sung by legend Smt.M.S.Subba Lakshmi is unforgettable. "Mahadeva Siva Sambho" by Mutthayya Bhagavathar is sung by sri Nityasree which I listened from Musicindiaonline.com is excellent. I tried to compose a song on "Shakthi Swaroopini" Durga in this raaga. Please try to listen and
let me know your opinion on this.

Nandathanaya

"Nandathanaya" means the son of Nanda. The beautiful qualities of Krishna are unlimited. We can't even describe them. I feel very happy rendering atleast some names (namas) of Lord Sri Krishna in Ragam "Bilahari", which is derived from famous Melakartha "Sankarabharanam". Bilahari is used in many film songs. Famous actor Dr.Gemini Ganeshan acted fabulously in film "Rudraveena" as Bilahari Ganapathi Sastry. The song "Neethone agena sangeetham" with the subject of Bilahari is a superhit song. Though it is a small song, I hope everybody will enjoy it.

"Hamsanandhi" is a very beautiful ragam. This is derived from the famous prathimadhyama melakartha ragam "Gamanasrama". I like the song "Vedam, anuvanuvuna nadam"from the film "Saagarasangamam" which was composed in the same raaga by Maestro Ilayaraja. I like the kruthi "Srinivasa tiruvenkata" which I listened from musicindiaonline in this raaga. It was so beautiful. For this song, lyrics were given by somebody else. And I composed the tune for those lyrics. I hope you will enjoy listening to this song.

This is composed in Ragam "Saraswati" derived from Melakartaragam "Vachaspathi"/ There were so many kruthis in this ragam. I like the thyagaraja kruthi "Anuragamule"
in this ragam. I also like the song "Sree Saradamba Namosthuthe" in the film "Sruthilayalu". I once happened to listen the ragalapana in this ragam by Smt.Nithyasree in Musicindiaonline.com. She rendered the importance of prathimadhyama in her ragalapana very beautifully. I hope you all will also enjoy this song.

I want to present some songs which are made in my favorite ragas by my own. I want to start with Lord Ganesha, the remover of all obstacles. Now, the following song is made in Ragam, Amritha Varshini which is very famous. Long back, while one musician sang this raga, rain came. I was inspired by the song "Kurisenu virijallule" from the film "Gharshana"(1988) which was composed by Maestro Ilayaraja which was done in the same ragam.

My favorite sites

My favorite sites are Musicindiaonline.com and raaga.com. I learned a lot of kruthis and improved my knowledge in ragalapans and swarakalpanas by regualrly visiting Musicindiaonline.com. Raaga.com is also a wonderful site for improving the knowledge of carnatic music. I learned some annamayya keertanas also from musicindiaonline.com. Raaga.com is also having some of those annamayya kruthis. More over, I tried to make some small songs in my favorite ragas on my own.

I recommend those sites to anyone who wants to improve and learn new carnatic music songs.
These sites also have good recent songs such as movie songs and popular albums. It is considered the one stop to all Indian Music including carnatic music.

Introduction

Hello everybody, this is Sudha here. I am one of the lovers of music. I want to share my enjoyment with all of you. I am the student of Smt.L.Savithri and I did my Diploma in Carnatic Music through
Ghantasala Music & Dance College, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh with the help of my Guru Vidwan
Pemmaraju Surya Rao garu. After I received my Diploma, I continued to develop upon my interest by teaching basic Sanghitham classes to kids and adults. I also participated at cultural events and showcased my appreciation of carnatic music by singing occasionally. For example, I participated in cultural event at Hindu Temple of Florida at Tampa, US. I am also one of the organizers of Annamayya Group of Tampa Bay who had been celebrating both Jayanthi and Vardhanthi of Annamayya for the past 3 years. We performed Sankeertana Yagnam of Annamayya(A tribute of 108 Keertanas for Annamacharya) on May 16th, 2009 in the temple of Sai Baba (Inverness). i would like to introduce the other organizers of this group. This Group was actually started by Smt. Bala Amaravadi of New Port Richey and she encouraged all of us to join. Other organizers are Sri. Rao Korabathina, Bhavani Yalla, Sathya Prakash Challa and Vijaya Pathuru who is not here right now she went to India. I sincerely thank all of these organizers for encouraging me in everything.