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Ragavardhini Ragam

   About Ragavardhini Ragam

Ragavardhini Ragam

Ragavardhini has two separate meanings in Indian classical music:

A major part of the alapana of a raga. The performer gives a step-by-step elaboration of the raga, pausing at each major note or swara. The 32nd melakarta raga in the Katapayadi sankhya scheme of Carnatic music.

It is the 32nd melakarta ragam in the 72 melakarta ragam system of Carnatic music. It is called Ragachudamani in muthuswami Dikshitar school of Carnatic music.

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   Raga structure of Ragavardhini

Ragavardini scale with shadjam at C
It is the 2nd ragam in the 6th chakra Ritu. The mnemonic name is Ritu-Sri. The mnemonic phrase is sa ru gu ma pa dha ni.

Arohana : S R3 G3 m1 P D1 N2 S'
Avarohana : S' N2 D1 P m1 G3 R3 S

The notes in this scale are shatsruthi rishabham, antara gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, shuddha dhaivatham and kaisiki nishadham. as it is a melakarta, by definition it is a sampurna raga. It is the shuddha madhyamam equivalent of Jyoti swarupini, which is the 68th melakarta scale.

Janya ragas
Ragavardini has a few minor janya ragas associated with it. See List of janya ragas for full list of ragas associated with Ragavardini.

1) Ragavardhini   
S R3 G3 m1 P D1 N2 S'   
S' N2 D1 P m1 G3 R3 S

2) Ragachoodamani   
S R3 G3 m1 P N2 S'   
S' N2 D1 m1 R3 G3 S

3) amudagandhari   
S G3 m1 P D1 N2 S'   
S' N2 D1 P m1 G3 R3 S

4) Dhowmya   
S R3 G3 m1 P D1 N2 P S'   
S' N2 D1 P m1 G3 R3 S

5) Hindoladarbar   
S G3 m1 P S'   
S' N2 D1 P m1 R3 S

6) Ramya   
S R3 G3 m1 P D1 N2 P S'   
S' N2 D1 P m1 G3 R3 S

7) Samantajingala   
S R3 G3 m1 P D1 N2 S'   
S' N2 P D1 N2 P m1 G3 m1 R3 G3 S

   External Videos of Ragavardhini Ragam

   Songs based on Raga Ragavardhini

Tamil Film Songs

Janya Ragam: Swaravardhini

  1. Kanna Vaa - maragatha Veenai - Illayaraja - S. Janaki
  2. Nillatha Vennila - aanazhagan - Illayaraja, Swarnalatha

   Related Ragas of Ragavardhini

Ragavardini's notes when shifted using Graha bhedam, yields Varunapriya melakarta raga, when the shift of Tonic note is to the madhyamam.

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