Ragavardhini
Indian Classical Raga
Ragavardhini is the 32nd melakarta raga in the 72-melakarta system of Carnatic music. It is the 2nd raga of the 6th chakra Ritu, with the mnemonic name Ritu-Sri, and is called Ragachudamani in the Muthuswami Dikshitar school. Its notes include shatsruthi rishabham, antara gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, shuddha dhaivatham and kaisiki nishadham, and it is the shuddha madhyamam equivalent of Jyoti swarupini, the 68th melakarta. Koteeswara Iyer's kriti kalangAdE manamE is set in this raga.
Scale
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Close relatives
Ragas whose scale differs from Ragavardhini's by a note or two.
- Dhovmya (Dovmya)
the same notes, moving differently
- Ragavardhani
the same notes, moving differently
- Ragacudamani
the same notes, moving differently
- Ramya
the same notes, moving differently
- Samantajingala
the same notes, moving differently
- Ahiri
uses R1 instead of R3