raagawheel

Janya of mela 60Neetimati

Hamsanadam

also known as Hamsanaadam, Hamsanada

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How to know it

Audava–Audava

Bright and gliding — the prati madhyamam against kakali nishadam gives it the soaring quality its name ('call of the swan') promises.

Family

Parent · Mela 60Neetimati

Hear it in songs

  • Bantureeti Kolu

    Thyagaraja · Adi

    Tyagaraja asks Rama for the post of a guard at his court; virtually the sole reason Hamsanadam became a mainstream concert raga.

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  • Kalyana Rama

    Oothukkadu Venkata Kavi

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