Viruttam

Viruttam

A "viruttam" or "virutham" is a Hindu devotional verse sung in Carnatic music concerts. Viruttams do not have talas and are mainly improvised using one or more ragams. It is one of the different forms of "manodharma" (spontaneous improvisations) in Carnatic music.

A "viruttam" usually precedes rendition of a song. In most cases, it is sung in the same ragam as the song that follows it. Occasionally, viruttam of multiple verses are sung in different ragams, followed by a song in the same ragam as the last sung ragam of the viruttam.

The artist may also sing the same verse in different ragams in different concerts.


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