More on Madhyamavati Raga:

More on Madhyamavati Raga:
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I believe a lot in nimitham and the raga which came to me to begin this thread happened to be Madhyamavathi. This is a very auspicious raga. Even though it can be sung at all times ,morning 9-12 is considered to be the most appropriate time for singing this raga. Being a mangala raga mostly concerts are concluded with a piece in this raga. There is a belief that all the ill efects of any mistakes made in the concert is nullfied by singing this raga.


More on the theory part of this Raga:

Madhyamavati is a janya raga derived from 22nd melakartha kharaharapriya. Audava raga (5swaras in arohana and avarohana). The swaras taken are shadjam, chatusruti rishabham, sudha madhyamam, panchamam and kaisiki nishadam. ri ma and ni are the raga chaya swaras. This is a sampurna murchanakaraka ragam. The swaras ri, ma, pa and ni when taken as tonic note give the ragas hindolam, sudha saveri, sudhadhanyasi and mohanam.

Some compositions in this raga are:

Ramakadha suta- adi- Tyagaraja
Naadupai- khanda chapu- Tyagaraja
Kosalenda- adi- Swati thirunal
Palimsu kamakshi- adi- Syamasyastri
Sharavanabhava-adi- Papanasam sivan

More later and would definitely include a summary each time so that anyone interested can keep it as a reference.