Anandabhairavi or Ananda Bhairavi (pronounced ānandabhairavi) is a very old melodious

rāga A ''raga'' or ''raag'' (; also ''raaga'' or ''ragam''; ) is a melodic framework for improvisation in Indian classical music akin to a melodic mode. The ''rāga'' is a unique and central feature of the classical Indian music tradition, and as ...

m (musical scale) of

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(South Indian classical music). This rāgam also used in Indian traditional and regional musics. ''Ānandam'' (Sanskrit) means happiness and the rāgam brings a happy mood to the listener. It is a ''

janya ''Janya'' is a term meaning "derive". In Carnatic (South Indian) music a ''janya raga'' is one derived from one of the 72 ''melakarta'' ragas (fundamental melodic structures). ''Janya'' ragas are classified into various types based on a varie ...

'' rāgam (derived scale) of the 20th ''

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'' rāgam '' Natabhairavi''

Structure and Lakshana

Its structure is as follows (see swaras in Carnatic music for details on the notations used): * : * : (''chathusruthi rishabham, sadharana gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, Chatusruthi dhaivatham, kaishiki nishadham'') It is a ''sampoorna'' rāgam – rāgam having all 7 ''

swara Svara or swara (Devanagari: स्वर, generally pronounced as ''swar'') is a Sanskrit word that connotes simultaneously a breath, a vowel, the sound of a musical note corresponding to its name, and the successive steps of the octave or '' ...

ms'', but it is not a ''melakarta'' rāgam, as it has (zig-zag notes in scale) and uses (external note) in comparison with its parent rāgam. The ''anya swaram'' is the usage of ''shuddha dhaivatham'' ''(D1)'' in some phrases of the rāgam.''Ragas in Carnatic music'' by Dr. S. Bhagyalekshmy, Pub. 1990, CBH Publications ''Anandabhairavi'' ragam is also a rāgam, since it uses more than one ''anya swaram''. ''Anya swaram'' of a rāgam is the ''

m'' which does not belong to the ''arohana'' or ''avarohana'' of its ''melakarta'' (parent rāgam), but it is sung in (phrases used in , ''

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s''). It is also classified as a "rakti" raga(a raga of high melodic content).

Swara phrases

The three of are (G3), (D1) and kakali nishadham (N3). All of these ''anya swaras'' occur only in (not in ). "G3" occurs in "ma pa ma ga ga ma", and "D1" occurs in "ga ma pa da". Subtler than the first two, "N3" occurs in "sa da ni sa." It is said that

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do not use any of the in their compositions. ''Anandabhairavi'' also has unique ''swara'' patterns both in ''manodharma'' (impromptu improvisations by performer) and in its compositions. The popular patterns are ''"sa ga ga ma"'', ''"sa pa"'', and ''"sa ga ma pa"''. The musician isn't allowed to stay long on ''nishadam'', this characteristic distinguishes it from ''

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.'' Few allied ragas (similar) to this are ''Reetigowla'' and ''Huseni''.

Popular compositions

''Anandabhairavi'' is one of the favourite ragams of

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. He is said to have made this a popular rāgam and also to have given the present form for this rāgam. More or less ''Anandabhairavi's'' synonym is "Marivere gati" by Syama Sastri. In "Mariverae" and in "O jagadhamba" Syama Sastri uses the ''anya swara'' "ga(2)".A very life changing incident is said to have happened in

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, and he is said to have highly praised their performance, especially a particular song

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, which was again set in ''Ananda Bhairavi''.

wanting to acknowledge them offered to give them a gift, of anything that they may desire, that he could possibly give. After much thought they demanded him the

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itself as a gift ( meaning that he would accept to never sing in that

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ever again in his life),so that when someone in the near future spoke of

's legacy they would also remember the Kuchipudi dancers too. *''Sami ni pai'' Adathalavarnam by

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*''Yathum oore Anthem'' (written by

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*''Ittii MuddulAdibAludedavade'' by

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*''Palayachyutha Palayajitha'', By

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*''Smarasi Puraguru'' from the KuchelaUpakyanam by

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*''Shringara velavan vandhan'', by

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*''Andolika Vahane'' (Utsavaprabandham) by

*''Samaganapriye'' by

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*''Poo Mel Valarum Annaiye'' by Mazhavai Chidambara Bharathi in

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