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{{Use Indian English, date=July 2020 "Rangapura Vihara" is a popular Carnatic song composed in
Sanskrit Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late ...
by
Muthuswami Dikshitar Muthuswami Dikshitar (Mudduswamy Dikshitar)(, 24 March 1776 – 21 October 1835), mononymously Dikshitar, was a South Indian poet, singer and veena player, and a legendary composer of Indian classical music, who is considered one of the musical ...
(1776-1835) and dedicated to Sri Ranganathaswamy of
Srirangam Srirangam, is a neighbourhood in the city of Tiruchirappalli in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. A river island, Srirangam is bounded by the Kaveri River on one side and its distributary Kollidam on the other side. Considered as the first among ...
.


History

The title of the song means one who roams (''vihara'') in
Srirangam Srirangam, is a neighbourhood in the city of Tiruchirappalli in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. A river island, Srirangam is bounded by the Kaveri River on one side and its distributary Kollidam on the other side. Considered as the first among ...
(''Rangapura''), a temple town in
Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, whose Tamil language ...
,
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. It details the exploits of the Lord
Rama Rama (; ), Ram, Raman or Ramar, also known as Ramachandra (; , ), is a major deity in Hinduism. He is the seventh and one of the most popular '' avatars'' of Vishnu. In Rama-centric traditions of Hinduism, he is considered the Supreme Bein ...
, whose family deity is
Ranganatha Ranganatha, also known as Ranganathar, Rangan, Aranganathar, Sri Ranga, and Thenarangathan, is a Hindu deity with his origin in South India, serving as the chief deity of the Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam. The deity is a resting form of ...
of
Srirangam Srirangam, is a neighbourhood in the city of Tiruchirappalli in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. A river island, Srirangam is bounded by the Kaveri River on one side and its distributary Kollidam on the other side. Considered as the first among ...
. The most famous version of this song was rendered by M.S.Subbulakshmi, live at the United Nations. It has a pallavi, anupallavi and charanam.


Lyrics

''Raṅgapura Vihāra'' *
Ragam 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 ...
: Brindāvana Sārangā *Aaroha: Sa Re2 Ma1 Pa Ni3 Sa *Avaroha: Sa Ni2 Pa Ma1 Re2 Ga2 Re2 Sa *Tālam: rūpakaṃ * Composer: Muttuswāmy Dikshitar *Language:
Sanskrit Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late ...
pallavi
rahngapura vihāra jaya kodandarāmāvatāra raghuvIra shrI anupallavi
ahngaja janaka deva brndāvana sārahngendra varada ramāntarahnga shyāmalahnga vihahnga turahnga sadayāpāhnga satsahnga charanam
pahnkajāptakula jalanidhi sOma vara pahnkaja mukha pattābhirāma padapahmkaja jitakāma raghurāma vamahnka gata sItāvara vesa shesāhnka shayana bhakta Santosa enāhnkaravi nayana mrdutarabhāsa akakahnka darpana kapola vishesa muni sankaTaharana govinda venkata ramana mukunda sankarSana mula kanda shankara guruguhānanda


Lyrics in

Devanagari Devanagari ( ; , , Sanskrit pronunciation: ), also called Nagari (),Kathleen Kuiper (2010), The Culture of India, New York: The Rosen Publishing Group, , page 83 is a left-to-right abugida (a type of segmental writing system), based on the ...

पल्लवि रङ्ग पुर विहार जय कोदण्ड – (मध्यम काल साहित्यम्) रामावतार रघुवीर श्री अनुपल्लवि अङ्गज जनक देव बृन्दावन सारङ्गेन्द्र वरद रमान्तरङ्ग (मध्यम काल साहित्यम्) श्यामळाङ्ग विहङ्ग तुरङ्ग सदयापाङ्ग सत्सङ्ग चरणम् पङ्कजाप्त कुल जल निधि सोम वर पङ्कज मुख पट्टाभिराम पद पङ्कज जित काम रघु राम वामाङ्क गत सीता वर वेष शेषाङ्क शयन भक्त सन्तोष एणाङ्क रवि नयन मृदु-तर भाष अकळङ्क दर्पण कपोल विशेष मुनि – (मध्यम काल साहित्यम्) सङ्कट हरण गोविन्द वेङ्कट रमण मुकुन्द सङ्कर्षण मूल कन्द शङ्कर गुरु गुहानन्द


Lyrics in Tamil Script

பல்லவி ரெங்கபுர விஹார ஜெய கோதண்ட- (மத்யம் கால் சாகித்யம்) ராமாவதர ரகுவீர ஸ்ரீ , 2, அனுபல்லவி அங்கஜ் ஜனக் தேவ் பிருந்தாவன் சர்கேந்திர வரத் ராமந்திரங் (மத்தியம் கால் சாகித்யம்) , 2, சரணம் பங்கஜாத குல ஜல நிதி சோம்வர் பக்ஜ் முகப் பட்டாபிராம் படகாஜ் ஜித் காமா ரகு ராம் வாமாக் கத சீதா வர வேஷ் சேஷாங்க ஸயன பக்த சந்தோஷ ஏணாங்க ரவி நயன தர பாஷ அகளங்க தர்பண கோபால விேஸஷ முனி - (மத்யம கால ஸாஹித்யம்) ஸங்கட ஹரணகோவிந்த வேங்கட ரமண முகுந்த ஸங்கர்ஷண முல கந்த சங்கர குரு குஹானந்த, ,


తెలుగు సాహిత్యం

పల్లవి: రంగపుర విహార జయ కోదండ- రామావతార రఘువీర శ్రీ అనుపల్లవి: అంగజ జనక దేవ బృందావన సారంగేంద్ర వరద రమాంతరంగా శ్యామళాంగ విహంగ తురంగ సదయాపాంగ సత్సంగ చరణం: పంకజాప్త కుల జల నిధి సోమ వర పంకజ ముఖ పట్టాభిరామ పద పంకజ జిత కామ రఘురామ వామాంక గత సీత వర వేష శేషాంక శయన భక్త సంతోష ఏణాంక రవి నయన మృదు-తర భాష అకళంక దర్పణ కపోల విశేష ముని- సంకట హరణ గోవింద వేంకటరమణ ముకుంద సంకర్షణ మూల కంద శంకర గురు గుహానంద


ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ

ರಂಗಪುರ ವಿಹಾರ ಜಯ ಕೋದಂಡ ರಾಮಾವತಾರ ರಘುವೀರ ಶ್ರೀ , , ಅಂಗಜ ಜನಕದೇವ ಬೃಂದಾವನ ಸಾರಂಗೇಂದ್ರ ವರದ ರಮಾಂತ ರಂಗ , ಶ್ಯಾಮಲಾಂಗ ವಿಹಂಗ ತುರಂಗ ಸದಯಪಾಂಗ ಸತ್ಸಂಗ , , ಪಂಕಜಾಪ್ತಕುಲ ಜಲನಿಧಿ ಸೋಮ ವರ ಪಂಕಜ ಮುಖ ಪಟ್ಟಾಭಿರಾಮ ಪಂಕಜ ಜಿತಕಾಮಾ , ರಘುರಾಮ ವಾಮಾಂಕ ಗತ ಸೀತಾವರ ವೇಷ ಶಾಂಕ ಶಯನ ಭಕ್ತ ಸಂತೋಷ ಏನಾಂಕರವಿನಯ, ಮೃದುತರ ಭಾಷಾ ಕಳಂಕ ದರ್ಪಣ ಕಪೋಲ ವಿಶೇಷ ಮುನಿ ಸಂಕಟ ಹರಣ , ಗೋವಿಂದ ವೇಂಕಟರಮಣ ಮುಕುಂದ ಸಂಕರ್ಷಣ ಮೂಲಕಂದ ಶಂಕರ ಗುರುಗುಹಾನಂದ , ,


External links


Prof. Shivkumar Kalyanaraman's music page for this song.
Carnatic compositions