Devagandhari

SSR₂R2M₁M1PPD₂D2SS (upper octave)

SS (upper octave)N₃N3D₂D2N₂N2D₂D2PPM₁M1G₃G3R₂R2SS

How to know it

Audava–8-note (vakra avaroha) · Bhashanga

Slow, dignified and drenched in gamaka — where Arabhi strides, Devagandhari lingers and pleads.

Anya (foreign) swaras:N₂Kaisiki nishadam (N2) enters through the vakra descent phrase N3 D2 N2 D2 P, making Devagandhari a bhashanga raga; some sources list the plainer avaroha S' N3 D2 P M1 G3 R2 S and treat N2 as prayoga-only.

Family

Parent · Mela 29Sankarabharanam

Sibling janyas of Sankarabharanam

ArabhiAudava–Sampurna
BehagShadava–8-note (vakra) · Bhashanga
BilahariAudava–Sampurna · Bhashanga
HamsadhwaniAudava–Audava
KedaramAudava–Shadava (vakra aroha)
KurinjiSampurna–Sampurna (vakra)
MandAudava–Sampurna
NavrojSampurna–Sampurna
Suddha SaveriAudava–Audava

Hear it in songs

Ksheera Sagara Sayana
Thyagaraja · Adi
Tyagaraja lists the devotees the Lord rushed to rescue and asks why his own plea goes unheard — the raga's plaintive weight does half the work.
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Seetavara Sangeeta Gnanamu
Thyagaraja · Adi
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Koluvaiyunnade
Thyagaraja
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