Janya of mela 59Dharmavati

Ranjani

SSR₂R2G₂G2M₂M2D₂D2SS (upper octave)

SS (upper octave)N₃N3D₂D2M₂M2G₂G2SS

Characteristic phrases

D₂D2M₂M2G₂G2SSR₂R2SS

The characteristic vakra turn skirting Ri on the way down.

How to know it

Audava–Audava

Delicate and haunting — the Ga-to-Ma2 leap over the missing Pa gives Ranjani a strange, glinting beauty.

Durmargachara
Thyagaraja · Rupakam
Thyagaraja refuses to praise venal men — the kriti that effectively defines Ranjani in concert.
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Ranjani Niranjani
Tanjore Sankara Iyer · Adi
A ragamalika threading Ranjani, Sriranjani, Megharanjani and Janaranjani; it opens in Ranjani.
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