Topic started by hari (@ proxy7.ntu.edu.sg) on Tue Aug 19 07:20:17 .
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Hi,
Can anybody tell me the raga of the song "Devanganangal" from the malayalam movie Njan Gandharvan? Yesudas's rendition is ultimate and it's one of my favourite songs.

Thanks,

Hari

Responses:

• From: biju radhakrishnan (@ 203.197.96.50) on: Wed Aug 27 03:07:55 EDT 2003
  
  isnt that song set to kalyani
  
  also do check in www.sriranjani.com...
  it has a raga database of nearly 1000 malayalam songs
  
  regards
  biju radhakrishnan
  
  
• From: jayasree (@ 203.197.96.50) on: Wed Aug 27 04:55:03 EDT 2003
  
  can some one tell me what ragamalika is?
  is it a raga ? or is it a garland of ragas in which you move from one raga to another? in that case is there any restriction to the ragas chosen?
  moreover plz tell m eif there is a raga called ragamalika?
  lakshman! your invaluable inputs solicited..
  
  
• From: meena (@ user-vcaur1b.dsl.mindspring.com) on: Wed Aug 27 11:25:27 EDT 2003
  
  jayasree,
  http://www.carnatica.net/special/ragamalika.htm
  
  
  
  
• From: Lakshman (@ kit-nas16-35.223.porchlight.ca) on: Wed Aug 27 13:04:45 EDT 2003
  
  There is no raga called ragamalika. Ragamalika is a garland of ragas used one after the other for the different sections of a song. I don't think there are any restriction on the choice of ragas but they are selected so that they appeal to the ear.
  An example of a ragamaika is given below. In this song the composer cleverly weaves in the names of the ragas in the text. Nityashree made popularized this song. There are several songs like this.
  
  raagattil shiranda
  raagam: raagamaalika
  taaLam: aadi
  Composer: KaDaloor Subramaniam
  Language: Tamil
  
  
  1: rAgattil shiranda rAgamEdu? kalyaaNiyA kaambhOjiyA
  2: aghattai kuLiravaikkum azhagAna tODiyA AttattirkE uganda naaTTai kurinjiyA
  bhAvattODu pADa bhairaviyA manam pAghAi urugavaikkum ranjaniyA
  3: cintai kuLiravaikkum simhEndra madhyamamA santOSattai tarum shankaraabharaNamA
  kAvEri pOl Odum saavEriyA manakkaLaippai nIkkavalla kaapiyA
  4: paNNishaittu pADa shhanmugapriyaa paDutturanga sheyyum neelaambariyA
  adhikAramAi pADa aThaaNaavA akhilamellAm mayakkum aananda bhairaviyA
  5: tApam aghala Or dhanyaasiyA daraNiyai kAkka nalla darbaarA
  sarasa sallApattirkE saarangaavA shyAmaLanai ezhuppa boopaaLamA
  6: kalakalappAi pADa kharaharapriyaa karuNai vaDivAna kaamavardhaniyA
  bahudaariyA sudda saavEriyA pancamamillAda hindOLamA
  dEva manOhar dEvagaandhaari tEninum inikkum kaanaDaavA
  7: manadai mayakkum maayamaaLava gowLai madhuramAna Or vijayanaagari
  vasantaavuDan malayamaarutamO mandahAsam tarum mOhanamO
  hamsadwaniyuDan hamsanaadamO aarabimAnamum vENDum bilahari
  8: pAngAgap-pADa Or bhaagEshwariyA shAntamI pADA shyaamaavA
  srngAramAna sindu bhairaviyA mangaLam pADa Or madyamaavatiyA
  9: shruti shuddhamAgavum svara shuddhamAgavum sukha bhAvattuDan pADum rAgamE shirandadu
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• From: Lakshman (@ kit-nas16-35.223.porchlight.ca) on: Wed Aug 27 13:07:45 EDT 2003
  
  In the above please omit the word made in paragraph 2. Sorry about the typo.
  
  
• From: jayasree (@ 203.197.96.50) on: Thu Aug 28 03:24:43 EDT 2003
  
  thank you for your posting meena and lakshman..
  but dont you think that it would be more appropriate to write the raagas involved in a song rather tha writing ragamalika..
  also could you tell me teh ragas coming in the song theerathu vilayattu pillai
  
  
• From: PPN (@ n098h095.remote.mun.ca) on: Thu Aug 28 05:13:26 EDT 2003
  
  Re: rAgattil ciRanda rAgametu, I have difficulty understanding the line "dEva manOhar dEvagaandhaari" in caraNam no.6 - I guess the line is incomplete! Could it be "devamanOhariyA? dEvagAndhAriya?" consistent with other lines? Can anyone check the correct sAhityam? Thanks
  
  
• From: Lakshman (@ kit-nas1-33.25.porchlight.ca) on: Thu Aug 28 08:42:16 EDT 2003
  
  PPN:
  I checked in the book by Kadalur Subramaniam and it is printed as ....pancamamillAda hindOLamA dEvamanOhari dEvagAndhAri tEnium inikkum kAnaDAvA .... though dEvamanOhariyA dEvagAndhAriyA would fit in better in my opinion.
  
  
• From: PPN (@ n098h159.remote.mun.ca) on: Thu Aug 28 16:03:00 EDT 2003
  
  Lakshman: Thanks. It would be nice to know how Nityashri sings this particular lines. She does not render all lines, and skips a few ragams, in those recordings/concerts that I heard.
  
  
• From: Darsana (@ 203.124.137.50) on: Tue Sep 9 08:06:06 EDT 2003
  
  Hi Hari,
  I had put the same question sometime back and did not get an acceptable answer. The pallavi and Anupallavi of the song (Devaanganangal ) ARE SURELY IN kALYAANI. bUT THE CHARANM HAS SOME OTHER swaras and bhaav. Do put in this forum if you get an answer.
  Regards,
  Darsana
  
  
• From: Jayshankar (@ ) on: Sun Oct 5 05:38:05
  
  hi Darsana, for the song .. Devanganangal .. thats ofcourse in KALYANI .. charanam also the same. jst think its a film song ..they just tried to change the aalapana styel (bhava) only that ... that song set to in KALYANI .. NO DOUBT.. and pls wait for some more days .. am creating a website exclusively to identify the ragas of malayalam songs...
  
  
• From: NANDHINI (@ 203.197.138.163) on: Fri Oct 10 09:03:24 EDT 2003
  
  Dear JAYASHREE. A very good example for Raagamaliga is ..Vendriduven Unnai Vendriduven from the film AGASTIYAR.. or ARUBADAI VEEDU KONDA THIRUMURUGA..FILM..KANDAN KARUNAI
  
  

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