Hemavati (ragam)

Hemavati ( _sa. हेमवति, _ta. ஹேமவதி) is a rāgam (musical scale) in Carnatic music (South Indian classical music). It is the 58^th Melakarta rāgam in the 72 melakarta rāgam system of Carnatic music.

It is called "Simhāravam""Ragas in Carnatic music" by Dr. S. Bhagyalekshmy, Pub. 1990, CBH Publications] or "Deshi Simhāravam" "Raganidhi" by P. Subba Rao, Pub. 1964, The Music Academy of Madras] in Muthuswami Dikshitar school of Carnatic music.

It is said to be borrowed into Hindustani music from Carnatic music, especially with instrumentalists .

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It is the 4^th rāgam in the 10^th chakra "Disi". The mnemonic name is "Disi-Bhu". The mnemonic phrase is "sa ri gi mi pa dhi ni" .

Its IAST|ārohaṇa-avarohaṇa structure (ascending and descending scale) is as follows (see "swaras in Carnatic music" for details on below notation and terms):
*IAST|ārohaṇa: S R2 G2 M2 P D2 N2 S
*IAST|avarohaṇa: S N2 D2 P M2 G2 R2 S(Chathusruthi Rishabham, Sadharana Gandharam, Prati Madhyamam, Chathusruthi Dhaivatham, Kaisiki Nishadham)

As it is a melakarta rāgam, by definition it is a sampoorna rāgam (has all seven notes in ascending and descending scale). It is the prati madhyamam equivalent of Kharaharapriya, which is the 22^nd melakarta.

Janya Rāgams

Hemavati has a few minor janya rāgams (derived scales) associated with it. See "List of Janya Rāgams" for full list of rāgams associated with Hemavati.

Compositions

Here are a few common compositions sung in concerts, set to Hemavati.

*"Sree Kanthimathim" by Muthuswami Dikshitar
*"Ika talanenura ina" by S. Ramanathan

Related rāgams

This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rāgam.

Hemavati's notes when shifted using Graha bedham, yields 3 other major Melakarta rāgams, namely, "Keeravani", "Vakulabharanam" and "Kosalam". Graha bedham is the step taken in keeping the relative note frequencies same, while shifting the Shadjam to the next note in the rāgam.

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