ragas in pancharatna

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ananth krishna
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Post by ananth krishna »

please can any one tell me the ragaas used in pancharatna which were composed by thyagaraja swamy and the songs that means starting of that song

mridhangam
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Post by mridhangam »

The Ragas in Pancha Ratna are

Naatai or Naata ---> Song Beginning is : Jagadananda Kaaraka

Gowlai or Gowla -- > Song beginning : -> Duduku Gala

Aarabhi --> Song : -> Saadinchane

Varali --> Song --> Kana Kana Ruchira

Sri -- > Song --> Endaro Mahanubhavulu

J.Balaji

sankirnam
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Post by sankirnam »

Which Pancharatna series are you referring to? Thyagaraja composed many sets of 5 krithis which each came to be known as Pancharatnams (Kovur pancharatnam, Lalgudi Pancharatnam, Gana Raga Pancharatnam). What Balaji sir has mentioned above are the Gana raga pancharatnams (so called because they are in the Gana ragams, ragams that are most suitable for Ganam (the old name for thanam)).

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