rAgam: amara sindhu

[Sath]

I can find hardly anything at all on the internet save for a few renditions. Here is a great one by the Akkarai sisters on vocal. Sounds so beautiful. It has the beauty of valaji combined with the lovely, sliding R3.

From what I can tell, the Arohanam/avarohanam is:

S R3 G3 P D2 N2 Ś
Ś N2 D2 P G3 R3 S

This would make it a janya of vAgadheeshvari (or perhaps nAsikAbhushani).

More info, background, compositions, etc. of this rAgam would be interesting to learn about.

[Lakshman]

The rAgA is a janya of mELA 34. Annamacharya has composed a number of songs in amarasindhu. The song that Akkari sisters sing is by their grandfather. Alattur Vijayakumar also has composed in this rAgA.

[Sath]

Very interesting to know, thank you for this, Shri Lakshman Sir!

[mahaspeaking]

The composer is actually Alathur Vijayakumar. The lyrics have the vaggeyakara mudra, Kalavardhaka (or a variant). Alathur Vijayakumar is the founder of the record label,, Kalavardhani, which released the album by the Akkarai Sisters.

[Lakshman]

mahaspeaking: Thanks for correcting my mistake.