Rāganurāga

Arts Nov 04, 2016

Rāgānurāga – Part 1

The etymology of the word ‘Raaga’: The word raaga has many meanings. Raaga means love, color (referring to red in particular), emotion, bliss, comfort, beauty,...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Vishwanath Chandrashekara

Arts Nov 11, 2016

Rāgānurāga – Part 2

Evolution of Raaga   Raagas have changed and even transformed with respect to the definition given by Bharatamuni. Of course, it is only natural for pers...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Vishwanath Chandrashekara

Arts Jan 30, 2018

Rāgānurāga – Part 3

Hindola is one of my favourite rāgas. The equivalent of Hindola in the Hindustani system is a rāga called Malkauns. Many feel that the manner in which it is ren...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Vishwanath Chandrashekara

Arts Feb 27, 2018

Rāganurāga – Part 4 – Grahabheda

Grahabedha is an interesting as well as a mesmerising facet of music. The science behind Grahabedha is very simple. The terminology becomes clear if it is calle...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Vishwanath Chandrashekara

Arts May 29, 2018

Rāgānurāga – Part 5

Tyāgarāja's Darini telusukonti is my favorite kṛti in the rāga Śuddhasāveri. Many others have also composed songs in this rāga. In fact, there are sev...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Vishwanath Chandrashekara