Yadukulakamboji

Yadukulakamboji or Yadukulakambodi is a ragam in Carnatic music. It is a janya rāgam of the 28th melakarta scale Harikambhoji, and is sometimes spelled as Yadukulakambhoji or Yadukulakambhodi. 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 Shuddha Saveri and the sampurna raga scale Harikambhoji.

Structure and Lakshana

Yadukulakamboji is an asymmetric rāgam that does not contain gandharam and nishadam 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, chathusruthi rishabham, shuddha madhyamam, panchamam and chathusruthi dhaivatam in ascending scale, with kaisiki nishadham and antara gandharam included in descending scale. For the details of the notations and terms, see swaras in Carnatic music.

Popular compositions

There are many compositions set to Yadukula kamboji Raga. Here are some popular kritis composed in this Raga.

Kāmākṣhī Padayugamu Sthiramaninē by Shyama Shastri
Sarojakshiro Na Sami by Vadivelu of the Tanjore Quartet
Hecharikaga Rara He Ramachandra, Adi Kadu Bhajana, Adavaramella, Daya Seyavayya, Enthanuchu Saririnthunu, Chelimini Jalajakshu, Nee Dayache Rama, Etavuna Nerchitivo, ''Pahi Ramachandra Raghava and Sri Rama Jayarama composed by Tyagaraja
Divakara Tanujam, Abhayambikayai Ashvarudhayai and Tyagarajam Bhajare by Muthuswami Dikshitar
Ikshvaku Kula & Pahimam Sri Ramayante by Bhadrachala Ramadasu
Mohanamayi, Sami Ninne, Nilappuri Kuzhalale and Bhujaga Shayino by Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma
Ninnu Sevincha by Subbaraya Sastri
Parthasarathini Sevimpani by Subbarama Dikshitar
Swami Mukhya Prana by Purandara Dasa
Paramakripa Sagari Pahi Parameshvari by G. N. Balasubramaniam
Kaalai Thookki Nindradum by Marimutthu Pillai
Anagha Shambho and Kama Nishudanam Bhavaye by R. Ramachandran Nair''
Sharade Pahimam and Ninnu Basi by Mysore Vasudevachar
Padmanabham Bhajeham by Maharaja Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar
Kumaran Thal Panindhen and Gomathi Thaye by Papanasam Sivan
Lalithe Mam Pahi Daya by Sri Chengalvaraya Sastri
Thondar Anju by Thirugnanasambandar
Yarendru Raghavanai by Arunachalakavi
Kamalakshi Ata tala Varnam by Veena Kuppayyar
Ninne Nammithi Adi tala Varnam by Chitravina Ravikiran
Upamugana by Sarangapani
Tamarasaksha/E Mataladina by Muvalur Sabhapathy Ayya or Kshetrayya
Thillana by Poochi Srinivasa Iyengar
Sundaran Sher by Muthiah Bhagavatar
Karuna Cheyvan Enthu by Irayimman Thampi in Malayalam

Related rāgams

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

Scale similarities

Shuddha Saveri has a symmetric pentatonic scale, with the notes same as the ascending scale of Yadukulakamboji. Its ' structure is :
Kedaragaula is a rāgam which has the kaishiki nishadam in ascending scale in place of the chatushruti daivatam. Its ' structure is :