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'''Kanakangi''' (pronounced kanakāngi, meaning ''the golden bodied one'') is a [[rāga]]m in [[Carnatic music]] (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the 1st ''[[Melakarta]]'' rāgam in the 72 ''melakarta'' rāgam system of Carnatic music. It is called '''Kanakāmbari''' in the [[Muthuswami Dikshitar]] school.<ref name="ragas">''Ragas in Carnatic music'' by Dr. S. Bhagyalekshmy, Pub. 1990, CBH Publications</ref><ref name="raganidhi">''Raganidhi'' by P. Subba Rao, Pub. 1964, The Music Academy of Madras</ref><br />
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== Structure and Lakshana ==<br />
[[Image:Kanakangi scale.svg|thumb|right|300px|''Kanakangi'' scale with ''shadjam'' at C]]<br />
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It is the 1st rāgam in the 1st ''chakra Indu''. The mnemonic name is ''Indu-Pa''. The mnemonic phrase is ''sa ra ga ma pa dha na''.<ref name="ragas" /> Its ''{{IAST|ārohaṇa-avarohaṇa}}'' structure (ascending and descending scale) has all ''shuddha [[swara]]s'', as follows (see [[Swara#Swaras in Carnatic music|''swaras'' in Carnatic music]] for details on below notation and terms):<br />
*[[Arohana|{{IAST|ārohaṇa}}]]: {{svaraC|S|R1|G1|M1|P|D1|N1|S'|foot=yes}}<br />
*[[Avarohana|{{IAST|avarohaṇa}}]]: {{svaraC|S'|N1|D1|P|M1|G1|R1|S|foot=yes}}<br />
(the notes are ''shuddha rishabham, shuddha gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, panchamam, shuddha dhaivatham, shuddha nishadham'')<br />
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It is a [[sampurna raga|''sampurna'' rāgam]] – a rāgam that has all seven ''swaras'' (notes). It is the ''shuddha madhyamam'' equivalent of ''[[Salagam]]'', which is the 37th ''melakarta''.<br />
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== Asampurna Melakarta ==<br />
'''Kanakāmbari''' is the 1st ''Melakarta'' in the original list compiled by [[Venkatamakhin]]. The notes used in the scale are the same, but the ascending scale is different. It is an ''audava-sampurna'' raga (5 notes in ascending scale, while full 7 are used in descending scale).<ref name="dikshitar">Shree Muthuswami Dikshitar Keerthanaigal, by A Sundaram Iyer, Music Book Publishers, Mylapore, Chennai</ref><br />
*[[Arohana|{{IAST|ārohaṇa}}]]: {{svaraC|S|R1|M1|P|D1|S'|foot=yes}}<br />
*[[Avarohana|{{IAST|avarohaṇa}}]]: {{svaraC|S|N1|D1|P|M1|G1|R1|S|foot=yes}}<br />
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== ''Janya'' rāgams ==<br />
''Kanakangi'' has a few ''[[janya]]'' ragams associated with it, of which ''[[Karnataka Shuddha Saveri|Karnātaka shuddha sāveri]]'' and ''Lavangi'' (a recent addition to Carnatic music by [[Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna|Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna]]) are a little popular. See [[List of Janya Ragas#Kanakangi|List of ''janya'' rāgams]] for a full list of ''Kanakangi's janyas''.<br />
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== Popular Compositions ==<br />
''Sri Gananatham Bhajamyaham'' is one of the few compositions in this austere ragam, by [[Thyagaraja]], one of the most important composers in the history of Indian music. Also, [[Koteeswara Iyer]] has composed a krithi in this raga, he having composed in every ''melakarta'' raga.<br />
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Another important composition is that of [[Muthuswamy Dikshitar]] – ''kanakAmbari kAruNyAmRtalahari'' in the rāgam '''KanakAmbari'''.<br />
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''Sreesa Putraya'' is a composition by Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna, is part of a series of compositions he created in every ''melakartha'' raga.<br />
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The popular Tamil movie [[Sindhu Bhairavi (film)|Sindhu Bhairavi]] has a song ''Moham ennum'', in this ragam ''Kanakangi''.<br />
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== Film Songs ==<br />
=== Language:[[Tamil language|Tamil]] ===<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
!Song<br />
!Movie<br />
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|Moham ennum<br />
|[[Sindhu Bhairavi (film)|Sindhu Bhairavi]]<br />
|[[Ilaiyaraaja]]<br />
|[[K. J. Yesudas]]<br />
|}<br />
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== Related rāgams ==<br />
This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rāgam.<br />
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''Kanakangi's'' notes when shifted using ''[[Graha bhedam]]'', yields ''[[Kamavardani]]''. ''Graha bhedam'' is the step taken in keeping the relative note frequencies same, while shifting the ''shadjam'' to the next note in the rāgam. For further details and an illustration refer ''[[Graha bhedam#Kanakangi|Graha bhedam on Kanakangi]]''.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Portal|India|Music}}<br />
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