Hamsadhwani-The Best Starter

I wanted to write about a few Ragas as well along with the Compositions..And I was thinking as to what would be the most apt Raga...And here we have the Voice of the Swan-Hamsadhwani--Which is the Best Starter for a full meal..

Lord Brahma In His Hamsa

Taking the name Hamsadhwani One think that immediately strikes us is the Beautiful Krithi- VatapiGana Pathim


Now for the structure:
arohaṇa      : S R2 G3 P N3 S
avarohaṇa : S N3 P G3 R2 S

• The raga Involves Chatushruthi Rishabam, Antara Gandharam, Panchamam, Kakali Nishadam and Shadjam.
• It is an Audava Audava Raga (5:5) 
• It has the Veera Rasa Thus setting a brisk Platform for a concert. 
• Hence most of the Krithis on Lord Ganesha are in this raga.
• Brisk Swara Prayogas Like :Sa ga Ri Pa Ga Ni pa sa and other such combinations are easily possible giving it a very wide scope.

Famous Krithis Include:

• Raghunayaka and Sree Raghukula by Thyagaraja
• Vatapi ganapathim by Muthuswami Dikshitar 
• Varanamukha vaa by Koteeswara Iyer
• Mooladhara moorthi and Karunai seivai by Papanasam Sivan
• Gajavadana beduvae by Purandaradasa
• Vinayaka by Veena Kuppayyar
• Varavallabha ramana by G. N. Balasubramaniam
• Gam ganapathe by Muthiah Bhagavatar.

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