A janya of the 53 rd melakarta Gamanasrama , this is a panchamavarjiya raga -- the raga does not have the note Pa. This is why the raga has to be handled very carefully, as accidental touching of Pa, however briefly, will bring in the shades of Poorvikalyani , another important raga in Carnatic music, which also happens to be a janya of Gamanasrama . As the note Pa, in whichever raga it appears, is an 'anchor' note like mantra Sa and Tara Sa and acts as a nyasa swara it is a stabilizing factor. Hence, the absence of Pa calls for a little alertness in handling this raga. This raga resembles raga Sohoni of Hindustani music, which is a janya of Marwa tthat . Hamsanandi is a Shadava Shadava raga as it has six notes both in arohana and avarohana . S R1 G3 M2 D2 N3 S S N3 D2 M2 G3 R1 S The swaras are Shudha...
There is a major misconception concerning the raga todi of Carnatic and the raga todi of Hindustani! So i want to emphasize that this post is about the raga todi of Carnatic Raga todi of Carnatic: The 8th melakarta "hanuma todi "or "jana todi ", this belongs to the second chakram(netra chakram).It is a "sarva swara gamaka varika" ragam it is a "shuddhamadhyama" raga and also a sampoorna raaga.According to katapayadi nomenclature: (ha=8,na=0,when reversed gives hanu=08) in the same way,even the term jana todi (ja=8,na=0,jana=08) is used in dikshitar school.All swaras except madhyamam have gamakas(oscillations) which form a link between ga and dha (the notes which give the main essence of this ragam).The madhayamam is a connection between the purvangam and uttarangam arohanam:s r g m p d n s avarohanam: s n d p m g r s Notes of this raga are shadjamam,shuddha rishabham,shuddha gandharam,shuddha madhyamam,panchamam,shuddha daivatam,ka...