Articles – Ravi Rajagopalan

The Alluring Bhogachayanata

[simple-author-box] Introduction: The raga name is just Chayanata as has been dealt with from yore, with the prefix “bhoga” being ...
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Kapi – A Raga of Myriad Hues

[simple-author-box] INTRODUCTION: Kapi or Karnataka Kapi is an old raga. Sahaji's Raga Lakshanamu, Tulaja's Saramrutha,the Anubandha to the Caturdandi Prakashika ...
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‘tyAgarAjEna samrakshitOhaM’ in Salagabhairavi – A Critical Appreciation

[simple-author-box] Prologue: prAthasmArami girijAnkitha vAmabhAgham bakthAnusaktha hrudayam hrutha-daksa yAgam | vAthAshanArchita padAmbuja mUrdhnibhAgam vandhArupOshamanisham sahajAnurAgam || (Meaning: I, SahajA offer ...
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Tyagaraja Aradhana 1985- Courtesy ' The Hindu'

Sukhi Evvaro – Kanada – An Evergreen Classic

By Ravi Rajagopalan Introduction: The composition and the raga need no introduction to a listener of our Karnataka Sangeetam. This ...
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Tyagaraja Mahadvajaroha – The Magnum Opus in Sriraga

चतुर्णां  पुरुषार्थानां  त्यागं  अस्मात्  कर्तोत्यतः  | त्यागराजम्  इति ख्यातं  सोमास्कन्दम्  उपास्महे  ||caturṇāṃ  puruṣārthānāṃ  tyāgaṃ  asmāt  kartotyataḥ  | tyāgarājam  iti khyātaṃ  somāskandam  upāsmahe  || ...
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