Janya of mela 29Sankarabharanam

Kedaram

also known as Kedara

SSM₁M1G₃G3M₁M1PPN₃N3SS (upper octave)

SS (upper octave)N₃N3PPM₁M1G₃G3R₂R2SS

How to know it

Audava–Shadava (vakra aroha)

Crisp and devotional; the vakra leap S M1 G3 M1 P announces the raga in a single phrase.

Family

Parent · Mela 29Sankarabharanam

Sibling janyas of Sankarabharanam

Hear it in songs

Ananda Natana Prakasham
Muthuswami Dikshitar · Misra Chapu
The akasha (space) kriti of Dikshitar's Pancha Bhuta Linga set, on Nataraja of Chidambaram — the piece by which most rasikas know Kedaram.
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Rama Nipai
Thyagaraja
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