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Chitrambari Raga

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Chitrambari Ragam 

Chitrambari is a ragam in Carnatic music. It is the 66th Melakarta ragam in the 72 melakarta ragam system of Carnatic music. It is called Chaturangini in Muthuswami Dikshitar school of Carnatic music. It is the prati madhyamam equivalent of Naganandini, which is the 30th melakarta.

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   Raga structure of Chitrambari

Chitrambari scale with Shadjam at C
It is the 6th ragam in the 11th chakra Rudra. The mnemonic name for this ragam is Rudra-Sha. The mnemonic phrase is sa ra gu mi pa dhu nu. Its arohana-avarohana structure  is :

Arohana: S R2 G3 M2 P D3 N3 S'
Avarohana: S' N3 D3 P M2 G3 R2 S
(the notes in this scale are chathushruti rishabham, antara gandharam, prati madhyamam, shatshruti dhaivatam, kakali nishadam)

Since it is a melakarta ragam, by definition it is a sampoorna ragam (it has all 7 notes in ascending and descending scale).

Janya ragams
Chitrambari has a few janya ragams  associated with it, of which Amritavarshini is very popular. List of janya ragams contains the full list of ragams associated with Chitrambari and other melakartas.

Chitrambari
S R2 G3 M2 P D3 N3 S'
S' N3 D3 P M2 G3 R2 S

Chaturangini
S R2 G3 M2 P N3 S'
S' N3 D3 N3 P G3 M2 G3 R2 S

Amritavarshini
S G3 M2 P N3 S'
S' N3 P M2 G3 S

Chitrasindhu
S G3 M2 P N3 S'
S' N3 D3 P M2 G3 R2 S

Churnikavinodhini
S R2 G3 M2 P D3 N3 S'
S' N3 D3 N3 P M2 G3 R2 S

Vijayakoshalam
S R2 G3 M2 P S'
S' N3 P M2 G3 S

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   Compositions in Raga Chitrambari

A few compositions set to Chitrambari are:

Sri rama nelami by Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna
Samaganalola by Koteeswara Iyer

   Related Ragas of Chitrambari

Chitrambari's notes when shifted using Graha bhedam, yields 3 other melakarta ragams, namely, Shanmukhapriya, Shoolini and Dhenuka. Graha bhedam is the step taken in keeping the relative note frequencies same, while shifting the shadjam (Sa) to the next note in the ragam. 

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