Kalyanavasantam

Kalyanavasantam is a rāgam in Carnatic music. It is a janya rāgam from the 21st melakarta scale Keeravani. It is a janya scale, as it does not have all the seven swaras in the ascending scale. It is a combination of the pentatonic scale Chandrakauns of Hindusthani music and the sampurna raga scale Keeravani.

Structure and Lakshana

Kalyanavasantam is an asymmetric rāgam that does not contain rishabham or panchamam in the ascending scale. It is an audava-sampurna rāgam. Its structure is as follows:

[Arohana|] :
[Avarohana|] :

The notes used in this scale are shadjam, sadharana gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, shuddha dhaivatham and kakali nishadham in ascending scale, with panchamam and chathusruthi rishabham included in descending scale. For the details of the notations and terms, see swaras in Carnatic music.

Popular compositions

There are a few compositions set to Kalyanavasantam rāgam.

Annalin Aanai by A. S. Panchapakesa Iyer
Vinayaka by T. M. Thyagarajan

Here are some popular kritis composed in Kalyanavasantam.

Nadaloludai and Kanulu Takani composed by Tyagaraja
Saagarasuthaam Aaradhyaye composed by Kalyani Varadarajan
Innudaya Baarade composed by Purandara Dasa
Sri Ranganatha Pahimam composed by Jayachamaraja Wodeyar
Gaanamalinchi composed by M. Balamuralikrishna
Vaanin Mazhai Neeye by Bharathidasan
Deva Jagannatha composed by Gopalakrishna Bharathi
Parashakthiye by Tara Natarajan
Unnai Paadaadha by HH Maharanyam Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji

Related rāgams

This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rāgam.

Scale similarities

Chandrakauns has a symmetric pentatonic scale, with the notes same as the ascending scale of Kalyanavasantham. Its structure is S G2 M1 D1 N3 S : S N3 D1 M1 G2 S