Ganamurti
Ganamurti is a ragam in Carnatic music. It is the 3rd Melakarta rāgam in the 72 melakarta rāgam system of Carnatic music.
It is called Gānasāmavarāḷi in Muthuswami Dikshitar school of Carnatic music.
Structure and Lakshana
It is the 3rd rāgam in the 1st chakra Indu. The mnemonic name is Indu-Go. The mnemonic phrase is sa ra ga ma pa dha nu. Its structure is as follows :- [Arohana|]:
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As it is a melakarta rāgam, by definition it is a sampoorna rāgam. It is the shuddha madhyamam equivalent of Jhalavarali, which is the 39th melakarta.
Asampurna Melakarta
Gānasāmavarāḷi is the 3rd Melakarta in the original list compiled by Venkatamakhin. The notes used in the scale are the same, but the ascending scale is different. It is a shadava-sampurna raga.- [Arohana|]:
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''Janya'' rāgams
Ganamurti has a few minor janya rāgams associated with it. See List of janya rāgams for full list of rāgams associated with Ganamoorti.Compositions
- Gānamoorthe Sri Krishna by Thyagaraja is a popular composition sung in concerts, set to Ganamurti.
- Pāhi Jagadİswarā by Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna in Ādi Tala
- Brihadiswara Rakshatumam in Eka tala by Muthuswami Dikshitar is a composition set to Gānasāmavarāḷi scale.
- Palaya Govinda in Ādi tala is a bhajan composed by Sri Ganapathi Sachchidananda Swamiji.
- Maamathura by Koteeswara Iyer in Ādi Tala
Related rāgams
This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rāgam.Ganamurti's notes when shifted using Graha bhedam, yields 2 other melakarta rāgams, namely, Vishwambari and Shamalangi. Graha bhedam is the step taken in keeping the relative note frequencies same, while shifting the shadjam to the next note in the rāgam. For further details and an illustration refer Graha bhedam on Ganamurti.