Pancamam
Indian Classical Raga
Pancamam is a janya raga of the 22nd melakarta Kharaharipriya. It is an audava-shadava raga with five notes in the ascent, omitting gandharam and madhyamam, and six notes in the descent. Harikesanallur Muthiah Bhagavatar's kriti Gananatham is set in this raga.
Scale
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Close relatives
Ragas whose scale differs from Pancamam's by a note or two.
- Anandavaridhi
adds M1 going up
- Darbar
adds M1 going up
- Nayaki
adds M1 going up
- Adi Kapi
adds G2 going up; adds M1 going up
- Arunakanta
adds M1 going up; uses G3 instead of G2 coming down
- Aryamati
adds G2 going up; leaves out N2 going up
Janya ragas of Kharaharapriya
Other ragas derived from the same parent melakarta (mela 22)