[Raga Thread : Punnagavarali] Today we will take up raga Punnagavarali and play a few krithis in this raga

Punnagavarali is quite popular among people as the 'snake raga'. The 'magudi' piece is generally played in this raga. Everyone associates this raga to snakes

Punnagavarali is a raga filled with karunyam. The 'dheena bhavam' is reflected perfectly using this raga. At the same time the raga has folk origins and some nice folkish krithis exist in this raga

Punnagavarali contains both folk like songs as well as some carnatic music standards. Most of the times the raga is sung during the post RTP part of the concert.

Let us start our listening session with this Tyagaraja krithi which has a nice folk tilt. From his 'geya natakam', 'Nowka Charitram', 'gandamu pooyaruga'

A divya nama sankeerthanam of Tyagaraja. 'tava dasoham' Sung by MS.

While the first two krithis had a folk lilt, Syama Sastry's 'kanasaila viharini' eschews the folk angle. A sedate Punnagavarali in the voice of Musiri Subramania Iyer

Now for the Dikshitar majestic 'ehi annapoorne' Sung by D K Pattamal