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Kalanidhi

Indian Classical Raga

Kalanidhi is a janya raga of the 22nd melakarta Kharaharapriya in Carnatic music. Its ascending scale opens with a vakra phrase (S R2 G2 M1 S) before continuing through panchamam, madhyamam, dhaivatam and nishadam; the descending scale is a straight line down. The Tyagaraja song cinna nADE is set in this raga.

Scale

ArohanamS R2 G2 M1 S P M1 D2 N2 S
AvarohanamS N2 D2 P M1 G2 R2 S
↑SR1R2G2G3M1M2PD1D2N2N3S'↓SR1R2G2G3M1M2PD1D2N2N3S'
Tradition
Carnatic
Mela
22
Parent Raga
Kharaharapriya

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Compositions in Kalanidhi raga

Close relatives

Ragas whose scale differs from Kalanidhi's by a note or two.

Janya ragas of Kharaharapriya

Other ragas derived from the same parent melakarta (mela 22)