Raga Tweets - Few questions and answers for fun!

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ramakriya
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Post by ramakriya »

This is just for fun - A list of tweets I've been sending on Twitter in the past few months.

(A few of them may be lame, some of them repeats but hopefully good for a read)

Some of these are from my friends too. Some knowledge of Samskrta and/or Kannda might help for some of these.


Q: Name a raga that is liked by male snakes
A: PunnaagavarALi ’ಪà³ÂÂ

VK RAMAN
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Post by VK RAMAN »

That is very interesting

arasi
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Post by arasi »

LOL, ramakriya!
Notice there is no nA dapa in the svarams joke! No need to point the finger at oneself! (dappa is fat in kannaDa)

vasanthakokilam
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Post by vasanthakokilam »

Q: What song does the person who posts raga tweets like?

A: tweetvamaria tarama

rajeshnat
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Post by rajeshnat »

ramakriya
Very good. i did not get abhinav bindra one, this shot of yours is not in bulls eye ;)

cmlover
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Post by cmlover »

What action (kriya) will a busy twitter artiste enjoy after a busy schedule?
A ramakriya = (ArAma kriya = taking a rest :)

ramakriya
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Post by ramakriya »

rajeshnat wrote:ramakriya
Very good. i did not get abhinav bindra one, this shot of yours is not in bulls eye ;)
I know that one is little over the head .. ; All the ragas were from the 5th (bAna) chakra

And Abhinav shoots arrows :)

PUNARVASU
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Post by PUNARVASU »

Adding my contribution;
What do you call it when some one sings a bad karNaranjani, dharmavati, kalyANi?
karNabhanjani, adharmavati, mOca kalyANi.
Let me stop before some one says 'sakikkalai'. :)

Rasika911
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Post by Rasika911 »

We need some explanations :D
Im slighly lost :)

ramakriya
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Post by ramakriya »

Rasika911 wrote:We need some explanations :D
Im slighly lost :)
Tell me for which ones :)

PUNARVASU
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Post by PUNARVASU »

Punarvasu wrote:Adding my contribution;
What do you call it when some one sings a bad karNaranjani, dharmavati, kalyANi?
karNabhanjani, adharmavati, mOca kalyANi.
Let me stop before some one says 'sakikkalai'. :)
Or if the kalyANi is so good, it brings BLISS; then it will be 'mOksha kalyANi'.

ganesh_mourthy
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Post by ganesh_mourthy »

what would you call a connoisseur who loves rough voices???
what is the shortest raaga name? ??? easy though
what is the longest??????

PUNARVASU
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Post by PUNARVASU »

'karakarapriya(kharaharapriyA)!

ganesh_mourthy
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Post by ganesh_mourthy »

bravo.

and the shortest and longest raaga names?

rajeshnat
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Post by rajeshnat »

shortest is dEs(?h), longest is d h e e r a s h a n k a r a b h a r a n a m (even if the answer is wrong I still made it little longer ;) )
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sridhar_ranga
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Post by sridhar_ranga »

Shortest could be "Shree" - a single letter in Sanskrit?

ragam-talam
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Post by ragam-talam »

A few more:
- Canadians' favourite: Kaanada
- Played at weddings: Kalyanavasantham
- Spinach lover's favourite: Keeravani
- Judge's favourite: Nitimati
- Bengalis' favourites: Bangala, Shuuddha bangala
- Popular with the public: Janaranjani
- Rich people's favourites: Ameer kalyani, Dhanasri
and
- Saddam's favourite: Huseni !

ganesh_mourthy
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Post by ganesh_mourthy »

the shortest can be jog. longerst I dont know.;)
shree yes if written in devanagari

PUNARVASU
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Post by PUNARVASU »

longest-shaDvidamArgiNi?
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