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Moving from Category:Melakarta Ragas to Category:Melakarta ragas using Cat-a-lot

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{{short description|32nd raga in the Melakarta; major part of the alapana of a raga}}
{{Infobox ragam
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| arohanam = {{svaraC|S|R3|G3|M1|P|D1|N2|S'}}
| avarohanam = {{svaraC|S'|N2|D1|P|M1|G3|R3|S}}
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{{Use British English|date=November 2011}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2011}}
{{Carnatic}}
'''Ragavardhini''' (pronounced rāgavardini) has two separate meanings in [[Indian classical music]]:

* a major part of the [[alapana]] of a [[raga]]. The performer gives a step-by-step elaboration of the raga, pausing at each major note or [[swara]].
* the 32nd ''[[melakarta]]'' [[raga]] in the [[Katapayadi sankhya]] scheme of [[Carnatic music]].

== Melakarta ==
It is the 32nd ''[[melakarta]]'' rāgam in the 72 ''melakarta'' rāgam system of Carnatic music. It is called '''Rāgachudāmaṇi''' in [[Muthuswami Dikshitar]] school of Carnatic music.<ref name="dikshitar">''Sri Muthuswami Dikshitar Keertanaigal'' by Vidwan A Sundaram Iyer, Pub. 1989, Music Book Publishers, Mylapore, Chennai</ref><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>

==Structure and Lakshana==
[[Image:Ragavardini scale.svg|thumb|right|300px|''Ragavardini'' scale with ''shadjam'' at C]]

It is the 2nd rāgam in the 6th ''chakra Ritu''. The mnemonic name is ''Ritu-Sri''. The mnemonic phrase is ''sa ru gu ma pa dha ni''.<ref name="ragas"/> Its ''{{IAST|ārohaṇa-avarohaṇa}}'' structure is as follows (see [[Swara#Swaras in Carnatic music|''swaras'' in Carnatic music]] for details on below notation and terms):
*[[Arohana|{{IAST|ārohaṇa}}]]: {{svaraC|S|R3|G3|M1|P|D1|N2|S'|foot=yes}}
*[[Avarohana|{{IAST|avarohaṇa}}]]: {{svaraC|S'|N2|D1|P|M1|G3|R3|S|foot=yes}}

The notes in this scale are ''shatsruthi rishabham, antara gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, shuddha dhaivatham'' and ''kaisiki nishadham''. As it is a ''melakarta'', by definition it is a [[sampurna raga|''sampurna'' rāga]] (has all seven notes in ascending and descending scale). It is the ''shuddha madhyamam'' equivalent of ''[[Jyoti swarupini]]'', which is the 68th ''melakarta'' scale.

== ''Janya'' rāgas ==
''Ragavardini'' has a few minor ''[[janya]]'' rāgas (derived scales) associated with it. See [[List of Janya Ragas#Ragavardhini|List of ''janya'' rāgas]] for full list of rāgas associated with ''Ragavardini''.

== Film Songs ==
=== Language:[[Tamil language|Tamil]] ===
==== Janya Ragam: Swaravardhini ====
{| class="wikitable"
!Song
!Movie
!Composer
!Singer
|-
|Kanna Vaa
|[[Maragatha Veenai (film)|Maragatha Veenai]]
|rowspan=2|[[Illayaraja]]
|[[S. Janaki]]
|-
|Nillatha Vennila
|[[Aanazhagan]]
|[[Illayaraja]], [[Swarnalatha]]
|}

==Related rāgas==
This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rāga.

''Ragavardini's'' notes when shifted using ''[[Graha bhedam]]'', yields ''[[Varunapriya]] melakarta'' rāga, when the shift of [[Tonic (music)|Tonic note]] is to the ''madhyamam''. See further details and an illustration at ''[[Graha bhedam#Ragavardhini|Graha bhedam on Ragavardini]]''.

==Notes==
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Melakarta ragas|state=collapsed}}
{{Janya|state=collapsed}}

[[Category:Carnatic music terminology]]
[[Category:Melakarta ragas]]

Ragavardhini - Revision history

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