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An audava janya raga derived from the 8th mela Hanumatodi. There is a famous sloka which gives the lakshana of this raga. Ga^ Pa and Dha are the jiva svaras of this janya raga. The svaras taken by this raga are Shadja^ Sudha Ri^ Sadharana Ga^ Pa and Sudha Dha. There exists an opinion that this type of raga which takes Antara Ga^ is Revagupti derived from the 15th mela Mayamalavagaula^ Ma and Ni are varjya Svaras. Sa is the graha svara whereas Ga and Pa comes as nyasa svara and amsa svaras. A deshya raga having tristhayi snchna^ Ga and Dha are rendered as dirgha svaras. Janta svara prayoga like rrggppdd^ ggppddss^ and dattu prayoga like drsrds^ gdpdgp etc figure in frequently. In Tamil music this raga figures in the name of Puranirmai pan and some tevarams are composed in this raga. An early morning raga^ considered to be auspicious. This raga is played in nagaswaram before the opening of the sanctum sanctorum. In the asmpoorna mela padhathi the 8th mela is known as Bhoopalam. This raga is also used in slokas^ folk songs^ ritualistic music and Kathakali music.

 

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