Keeravani

21st Melakartha raagam

Western equivalent
Harmonic minor scale

It is borrowed in Hindustani music

Feeling it evokes
Pleading (Karunam) - Pa D1 N2 combinations and M2 adds beauty
Kharaharapriya, Shanmugapriya, Saramathi, Amrithavahini, Kalyana Vasantham, Simhendra Madhyamam, Kaanada, Kapi, Gowri

Manohari, Charukesi, Keeravani, Nagagandhari, Dwijawanthi, Kamala Manohari, Natabhairavi, Hemavathi, Dharmavathi
Facts
It is the 3rd rāgam in the 4th chakra Veda

The notes used in this scale are chathusruthi rishabha, sadharana

gandhara, suddha madhyama, panchama, suddha dhaivatha, kakali
nishadha.
As it is a melakarta rāgam, by definition it is a sampoorna rāgam (has all
seven notes in ascending and descending scale). It is the shuddha
madhyamam equivalent of Simhendramadhyamam, which is the 57th
melakarta.
Popular devotional compositions
● Panca Bhoota Kiranavalim by Muthuswamy Dikshithar (Sanskrit)
● Kaligiyunte by Thyagaraja (Telugu)
● Ambavani nannu by Muthiah Bhagavatar (Telugu)
● Balasarasa Murali by Oottukkadu Venkata Kavi (Tamil)
● Bhavaye Saarasanabham by Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma (Sanskrit)
● Varamulosagi by Patnam Subramania Iyer (Telugu)
● Devi neeye thunai by Papanasam Sivan (Tamil)
● nA puNyamu gAdA IshA by Muthiah Bhagavatar (Telugu)
● Sarvaparadhava By Purandara Dasaru (Kannada)
● nijamuga rAma nI pAdamula nitya nammina nnau brOvumu by Poochi Srinivasa Iyengar (Telugu)
● varamulosagi brOcuTa nI karudA jagadAdhara by Patnam Subramania Iyer (Telugu)
● Innamum Sandeha Padalamo by Gopalakrishna Bharathi (Tamil)
● Vinayagane vinaitheerpavane by Ulundhoorpettai Shanmugam (Tamil)
● nI caraNAmbujamunu neranammiti nIrajAkSi by G. N. Balasubramaniam (Telugu)
● Karunakarane Shivashankarane by Papanasam Sivan (Tamil)
● Mahadeshwara Ashtadashanama by Mahesh Mahadev (Sanskrit)
● Sri Dakshinamurthym by M. Balamuralikrishna
● Bhavaye Saadaram by Thulaseevanam
● Vaananai mathi soodiya by Appar (Tamil)
● unnai nambinen aiya by muthuthandavar
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