Punnagavarali
Punnagavarali, a raga in Carnatic Music, is a derived scale from Hanumatodi, which is the 8th melakarta Raga in the 72 melakarta system.
Punnagavarali raga is associated with karuna rasa and snakes. Snake charmers play this scale. It is said to attract snakes, if sung perfectly. In wedding ceremonies, a piece called the Odam usually played at the muhurtam, is often in Punnagavarali. This is an ancient raga and traditional Tamil pieces such as Nondichindu are also set in this.
Structure and lakshana
Punnagavarali is a nishadantya raga and is hence usually presented in the madhyama sruti. In the ascent the chatusruti rishabha also occurs, sometimes. The raga's regal presence is best felt in slow phrases.The notes include kaisiki nishada, sadja, suddha rishabha, sadharana gandhara, suddha madhyama, pancama and suddha dhaivata. Its structure is as follows :
- ArOhaNam:
- avarOhaNam:
Compositions
Some of the popular compositions are listed below.- Muthuswami Dikshitar's Ehi Annapoorne set to Adi tala and Kamalambikayasthavabhakthoham set to Rupakam tala
- Thyagaraja's Thavadhasoham, Gandhamu Puyyaruga, Dasaradha Nandana, Intha Bhagyamani, Idi Niku, E Nomu Nochithimo and Pahi Kalyanasundhara Rama
- Syama Sastri's Kankashaila Viharini, Enneramum un Pada and Brovasamayamide
- Oothukkadu Venkata Kavi's Neela Vaanam and Natajana Kalpavalli
- Papanasam Sivan's Shiva Ganga Nagaranivasini
- Thirugnanasambandar's Paingottu Malar
- Purandara Dasa's Narayanathe Namo Namo
- Maharaja Swathi Thirunal's Padam Teliviyalum Mukham/Ela Thalir Sayane and Kriti Bhavaye Sri Gopalam
- Kshetrayya's Padam Ninnu Joochi
- Ela Ontiga, a Padam whose composer is disputed to be either Kshetrayya, Chettipunyam Srinivasa Iyengar or Muvvanallur Sabhapati
- Nedunuri Krishnamurthy's Ela Dayaradhe
- Vadiraja Tirtha's ''Dhavala Gangeya Gangadhara''
Related raga
Punnagavarali has some resemblance to Nadanamakriya.Film songs
Language:Tamil
| Song | Movie | Year | Composer | Singer |
| En Appanallavaa | Nandanar | 1942 | M. D. Parthasarathy & S. Rajeswara Rao | M. M. Dandapani Desikar |
| Naadhar Mudi Melirukkum | Thiruvarutchelvar | 1967 | K. V. Mahadevan | T. M. Soundararajan |
| Yelantha Pazham | Panama Pasama | 1968 | K. V. Mahadevan | L. R. Eswari |
| Anbe Sivam Endru | Karaikkal Ammaiyar | 1973 | Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan | S. Varalakshmi |
| Aadidu Peyygaley | Aduthathu Albert | 1985 | Ilayaraja | Malaysia Vasudevan, S. Janaki |
| Madrasai Suthi | May Maadham | 1994 | A. R. Rahman | Shahul Hameed, Swarnalatha, G. V. Prakash & Manorama |
| Maari Karumaari | Pokkiri Thambi | 1992 | Deva | Malaysia Vasudevan, K. S. Chithra |
| Em Manasiley | Seerivarum Kaalai | 2001 | Sirpy | Mano, Sujatha |
| Naa Romba Busy | Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga | 2015 | D. Imman | Neeti Mohan, Santhosh Hariharan, Sharanya Gopinath |
| Oo Solriya Oo Oo Solriya | Pushpa: The Rise | 2021 | Devi Sri Prasad | Andrea Jeremiah |
•Thekkumkooradiyaathi
•Enthucheyyendu
•Aadiyushassil
•Manikkuyile
•Paalkkadalil pallikollum
•Sundarana
•Dukhathinundoru
"Oo Antava Oo Oo Antava" from the film Pushpa: The Rise is also based on this raga