Sanmugapriya

Indian Classical Raga

Shanmukhapriya is a raga in Carnatic music, the 56th melakarta raga in the 72 melakarta system, belonging to the tenth chakra, Disi. It is associated with bhakti, or devotion, and composers have used it for devotional kritis such as Muthuswami Dikshitar's Siddhi Vinayakam and Papanasam Sivan's Parvathi Nayakane. It is a sarvakalika raga, meaning it can be sung at any time of day.

Scale

ArohanamS R2 G2 M2 P D1 N2 S

AvarohanamS N2 D1 P M2 G2 R2 S

Tradition

Carnatic

Mela

56

Rasa

bhakti (devotion)

Time of Day

Universal

Compositions in Sanmugapriya raga

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tEn ena inikkum

Composer: VaLLaLar Raamalinga ADiyaLaar

paarvati naayakanE

Composer: Paapanaasam Shivan

marivErE dikkevarayyaa - Click to listen (Sriram Gangadharan)!

Composer: PaTNam Subramanya Aiyyar

varam onru tandaruLvaay

Composer: OotukkaaDu VenkaTasubbaiyyar

sharavaNa bhava yanum - Click to listen (Uma Ayyar)!

Composer: Paapanaasam Shivan

viLaiyaaDa idu nEramaa murugaa - Click to listen (Seema Anantha)!

Composer: T.N. Baala