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Kanakambari

Indian Classical Raga

Kanakambari is a janya raga of the 1st melakarta Kanakangi. It is an audava-sampurna raga with five notes in ascent and seven in descent. A Dikshitar kriti, Kanakambari karunyamrutalahari, is set in this raga.

Scale

ArohanamS R1 M1 P D1 S
AvarohanamS N1 D1 P M1 G1 R1 S
↑SR1G1G2G3M1M2PD1N1N2N3S'↓SR1G1G2G3M1M2PD1N1N2N3S'
Tradition
Carnatic
Mela
1
Parent Raga
Kanakangi

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Compositions in Kanakambari raga

kanakAmbari kAruNyAmR^ita lahari
Sanskrit
rUpaka

Composer: Muttuswaamee Dikshitar

Close relatives

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

  • Sudda Mukhari

    the same notes, moving differently

  • Purvavarali

    uses N3 instead of N1 coming down

  • Asaveri

    uses G2 instead of G1 coming down; uses N2 instead of N1 coming down

  • Esari

    adds G3 going up; uses G3 instead of G1 coming down

  • Hejjajji

    adds G3 going up; uses G3 instead of G1 coming down

  • Kanakangi

    adds G1 going up; adds N1 going up