Kathanakuthuhalam


Kathanakuthuhalam or kathanakuthoohalam, also known as kathanakuthuhala is a raga in Carnatic music. Patnam Subramania Iyer is credited with inventing this raga. The famous kriti Raghuvamsha Sudhambudhi written by him is in this raga.

Select compositions

s:
1. Dr. Balamuralikrishna
2. Dr. TV Gopalakrishnan
3. Dr. Lalgudi Jayaraman
4. Sri M. D. Ramanathan
Varnams:
1. Neeve Rakshakudani-Mysore Vasudevachar
2. Sharanagatha Vatsale-Calcutta Krishnamurthy
3. Kuvalayakshi-GN Balasubramaniam
Krithis:
1. Mangala Varadayaki-GN Balasubramaniam
2. Raghuvamsha Sudha-Patnam Subramania Iyer
3. Kathanakuthuhala Ragapriye-Venkatrama Iyer
4. Giripriyam-Muthiah Bhagavatar
5. Kadhanum Kannanum-Lyrics by Brazil Dr. Subramanyam, Tuned by KN Shashikiran
6. Kathanakutuhala Priya Hasini-Nagpur Srinivasan
7. Mohana Krishna-GN Balasubramaniam
8. Gopala Nandana-Muthiah Bhagavatar
9. Neekela Dayaradhu-Mysore Vasudevachar
10. Ganam Pozhivan-N. S. Chidambaram
11. Vandeham Shive-Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar
There is also a Jathiswaram in Kathanakuthuhalam.

Structure

Its ārohaṇa-avarohaṇa structure is as follows :
  • arohana:
  • avarohana: