Udayaravichandrika

Some contemporary practitioners consider Suddha Dhanyasi as more inflected (i.e., using more gamakas), and Udayaravichandrika to be more in the Hindustani tradition with almost bare (i.e., uninflected) notes.

Puritans, however, refer to the fact that Udayaravichandrika is an ancient raga in the Venkatamakhin tradition and was reputed to be created by Muthuswamy Dikshitar himself.

The Udaya Ravichandrika, in its pure form should have the following arohana and avarohana: In recent years this distinction seems to have blurred, and both ragas are considered roughly equivalent.

(2nd Charanam Starts in Ragam Kharaharapriya) (has Abheri traces also) (taken from MS Subbulakshmi's Annamayya Krithi) (Reused from "Kila Kila Navve") (has Abheri traces also) (has Abheri traces also) (Reused from "Maasi Maasam") (Reused from original Malayalam version) Note that the following songs are tuned in Raag Dhani, the Hindustani equivalent of Shuddha Dhanyasi This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rāgam.

Udayaravichandrika's notes when shifted using Graha bhedam, yields four other major pentatonic rāgams, namely, Mohanam, Hindolam, Madhyamavathi and Shuddha Saveri.