JSRB take on Carnatic Music

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...