Janya raga poll - Kharaharapriya

srinivasrgvn · Post by **srinivasrgvn** » 19 Feb 2009, 18:04

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 19 Feb 2009, 19:03

Are you allowed to vote for the Janaka itself? That is easily my favourite!

If I had to pick one Janya (Dhileepakam would be cheating!), Bageshri would be a candidate but more in the Hm domain. For CM it boils down to Kaanada, Madhyamavathi and Abheri. I vote for Madhyamavathi

prashant · Post by **prashant** » 19 Feb 2009, 20:51

mukhAri

arunk · Post by **arunk** » 19 Feb 2009, 20:52

mine (besides kharahapriya itself) is easily rItigowLa. Lots of wonderful songs - all of them a joy to listen to. Even the film ones are excellent.

Next is probably a toss-up between kAnaDa and Sri and mukhAri depending on the day

There are (too) many other favorites:
- SrIrAgam, madyamAvati, maNirangu (I club these together)
- darbAr,nAyaki
- husEni (highly underrated)
- kApi
- AbhEri (i.e. the D2 version)/karnATaka dEvagAndhAri
- dEvamanohari (another underrated raga IMO)
- Sriranjani
- kannaDagowLa

Arun

mahesh_narayan · Post by **mahesh_narayan** » 19 Feb 2009, 21:11

Surely all of them are melodious in their own way. After all, they caught the attention of Tyagaraja, along with the innumerable janya ragas of Harikambhoji

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rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 19 Feb 2009, 21:41

I would also like to list a lot of rAgas , as Arun, but assuming you are only asking one it is one and only
brindAvana sArangA

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 19 Feb 2009, 21:56

There are so many good ones under this mela! kApi, though my favourite in this list, I would not altogether consider a janya of Kh'priya (many anyaswaras), so my vote would be for kAnaDa. MukhAri and rItigowLa pulling in close.

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 19 Feb 2009, 21:57

Ah how did I miss Kapi...I revise my vote!

ragam-talam · Post by **ragam-talam** » 19 Feb 2009, 22:13

A comment first: the janaka ragam is Kharaharapriya, not Karaharapriya. This is the correct naming convention based on Katapayadi scheme. Kara- would make it 21st mela.

My favorite ragams:
Abhogi
Manirangu
Devamanohari
Andholika
...
coming to think about it, just about all of them!

Kh.priya must easily be in the top 3 janaka ragas.

vidya · Post by **vidya** » 19 Feb 2009, 22:16

My vote is for Sahana. (There goes the non-controversiality of the poll

)

ragam-talam · Post by **ragam-talam** » 19 Feb 2009, 22:21

How about least favorites mela? (but not too rare)
My vote would be Simhendramadhyamam

ksrimech · Post by **ksrimech** » 19 Feb 2009, 22:29

The same old story which people know. SrI

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 20 Feb 2009, 04:51

mukhari hands down for me ( purey on syntactic grounds, I do not feel it really belongs there aesthetically )

Vidya, sahana would be controversial indeed on syntactic grounds but not so on aesthetic grounds, right?

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 20 Feb 2009, 08:07

KRISHNA MOORTHY · Post by **KRISHNA MOORTHY** » 20 Feb 2009, 08:11

Though all the janya ragas are enjoyable maDHyamAvati stands a shade above.This rAgam gives a genuine feeling of "soukhyam" and it has been aptly chosen as a rAga to conclude a concert.The compositions in maDHyamAvati are numerous and many of them are very popular.
krishnamoorthy

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 20 Feb 2009, 09:25

Cool said: should I take it before or after a meal? In other words, 'Is it a morning rAgA or an evening one?'!
Too many favorites there and it is hard to choose.

ksrimech,
You and others may get ticked off by my saying this, but Sri is not on my favorites list at all...

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 20 Feb 2009, 10:43

A comment first: the janaka ragam is Kharaharapriya, not Karaharapriya. This is the correct naming convention based on Katapayadi scheme. Kara- would make it 21st mela.
Translated , it will mean-
khara- the rAkshasa(khara-dhUshaNa)
hara-slayer(ie. RAMA)
priyA-(his ) beloved-meaning sItA.
Nothing to do with the topic-but as an aside-

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 20 Feb 2009, 12:37

keerthi · Post by **keerthi** » 20 Feb 2009, 17:25

kannnadagaula, {now thats an underrated rAga} huseini and top of the list karnataka kapi the biggest infra-canine.

srinivasrgvn · Post by **srinivasrgvn** » 20 Feb 2009, 20:11

Any takers for Shri Ranjani or Purnashadjam?(Lavanya rama is wonderful, don't you think?)

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 20 Feb 2009, 21:18

Cool,
Still, the politician had a good gorge I think, assuming they were lilies. A favorite with the orientals--lily blossoms dipped n batter and stir-fried is something to relish. When it comes to a politician, he knows what he is doing and we can't win

arunk · Post by **arunk** » 20 Feb 2009, 23:28

purnashadjam is nice but is really a fainter rItigowLa - isnt it?

ksrimech · Post by **ksrimech** » 21 Feb 2009, 00:52

arasi wrote:.... but Sri is not on my favorites list at all...

I understand. I have heard other people say that too. I met a vainikA (This is not our forum-friend vainikA). He had come to my guru's place and we were talking about Brindamma, Dhanamma, MSS, and others who could play the veena and sing. He demonstrated a few pieces. I requested him to play the SrI rAga varnam on the vIna but was some how reluctant in playing it. But finally he played and sang an amazing kRti on ganESa by kumAra eTTEndra mahArAjA with tAnAm on the vIna.

BTW, can I tempt you to MDR's vanajAsana (SrI) with alapana, neraval and swarams? LOL.

arunk · Post by **arunk** » 21 Feb 2009, 01:01

MDR's rendition of nAmakusumamula is also simply exquisite.

Arun

ksrimech · Post by **ksrimech** » 21 Feb 2009, 01:02

Yes Yes

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 21 Feb 2009, 06:59

YES! MDR's nAmakusumamula is just brilliant (he was definitely an expert in Sri ragam), though SSI could hold his own with that composition as well.

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 22 Feb 2009, 11:49

Yes Yes Yes.

Smt. Gayathri Venkataraghavan came close with the help of Kum. Charumathi Raguraman a few weeks back for Sarvani Sangeetha Sabha.

Sathej · Post by **Sathej** » 22 Feb 2009, 12:06

Well, Mukhari would be the ONE favourite for me. Huseni, Abheri and Chitharanjani would primarily make up the other 'likes' so to say.

Sathej

ganesh_mourthy · Post by **ganesh_mourthy** » 22 Feb 2009, 12:42

bhageshri . bhageshri. bhageshri. no second thought. it is my bhageshri .

but nobody voted for bhageshri. are people getting philistine?????? i start doubting that.

Jigyaasa · Post by **Jigyaasa** » 22 Feb 2009, 14:06

1.shrI, madhyamAvati, maNirangu, brundAvana sAranga

2.kApi, rItigowLa, husEni

3.kannaDagowLa, sAlaga bhairavi, karnATaka dEvagAndhAri

4.darbAr, nAyaki, AndOlikA

hariharan · Post by **hariharan** » 22 Feb 2009, 14:32

Karna Ranjini is a janya raga of 22nd Mela, appears to have been omitted to be included in the list of janya ragas, by srinivasrgvn.
The Arohana & Avarohana : SRGMGPDS - SNDPMGRS.

The popular songs in this raga are
1) vanchadomune of Sri.Muthaiyya Bhagavatar
2) om namo narayana - by Smt. Ambujam Krishna
3) deena saranyane devaki balane, thiruvarul purivone.....by......(not known)

This raga finds a sure inclusion in the sampradaya bhajans of most of the leading Bhajan artists viz. S/S Udayaloor KR, Thanjavoor Thyagu, OS Sundar, Kovai Jairam ..........

This raga is very ranjitham for the ears, highly attractive and influential, as evident from the very name itself given to this raga.

This is my favorite raga as also rag Bhagesree(Bhageswari)

Hariharan..

Sathej · Post by **Sathej** » 22 Feb 2009, 15:18

The HMB Krithi in Karnaranjani is Vancha Thonu..

Sathej

narayan · Post by **narayan** » 22 Feb 2009, 16:23

darbAr or darbAru or dharbAru as the starting post lists it. Whatever. You know what I mean.
Narayan

blackadder · Post by **blackadder** » 23 Feb 2009, 14:19

Sri, it is. And MD's Sri varalakshmi namastubhyam.

ragam-talam · Post by **ragam-talam** » 25 Feb 2009, 18:24

Sri varalakshmi namastubhyam is a lovely kriti.
It creates such divine ambience right from the first word.

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 25 Feb 2009, 18:57

no.. i dont like KHpriyA..

but i love sri ragam

mukhAri and reetigaula too...

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 26 Feb 2009, 10:32

mukhAri and rItigauLai any day...

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 27 Feb 2009, 02:02

you guys are nuts... this is like picking favorites from your own children...

srinivasrgvn · Post by **srinivasrgvn** » 27 Feb 2009, 13:11

sureshvv wrote:you guys are nuts... this is like picking favorites from your own children...

suresh!! that was ultimate!!

ksrimech · Post by **ksrimech** » 28 Feb 2009, 02:17

Is our statistician (aka vijay) here too?

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 28 Feb 2009, 11:25

I think I will pass the buck to the originator of the thread...I've done my share of number crunching I think!

subhiksha rangarajan · Post by **subhiksha rangarajan** » 01 Mar 2009, 00:49

shahana and mukhari.

krishnaprasad · Post by **krishnaprasad** » 02 Mar 2009, 12:23

shahana my all time favourite.

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 02 Mar 2009, 13:25

err...Shahana would be 28 Mela/Harikammbhoji Janya although it really is a touch and go case..

tribute · Post by **tribute** » 19 Mar 2009, 11:00

Hey! Quite Interesting! My favorites are Reethigowla and Sree Ranjani!!

rajesh_rs · Post by **rajesh_rs** » 20 Mar 2009, 09:57

Nice idea for a thread, but this is like choosing your favourite flavour of ice-cream - everyone has a nice flavour in the end!

I guess Kharaharapriya is one of my favourite ragas along with Keeravani, Charukesi, Kalyani and others. Out of its Janyas I have listened to Kaanada, Reetigowla, Abhogi, Darbar, Kaapi, Madhyamavati, Shri, Mukhari, Shivaranjani, Brindavana Saranga, Shuddha Dhanyasi and some more I can't think of now.

I guess if I were asked to pick a favourite, I'd go with Reetigowla - for Thatvamariya Tharama, and Kaapi for Jagadhoddarana. Also Abhogi for Sri Lakshmi Varaham.

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 20 Mar 2009, 15:56

Enna raagam soldrathu 'teliyaleru Rama', raganamamu .yes it is denuka
For those who don't know tamil , What raagam to say 'teliyaleru Rama'. yes it is denuka.. gobilalitha