Bahudari Explained

Bahudari (pronounced bahudāri) is a rāgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is a derived scale (janya rāgam), as it does not have all the seven swaras (musical notes), derived from the 28th Melakarta raga Harikambhoji.^[1]

Structure and Lakshana

Bahudari is an asymmetric scale that does not contain rishabham. It is called a shadava-audava rāgam,^[2] in Carnatic music classification (as it has 6 notes in ascending and 5 notes in descending scale). Its structure is as follows (see swaras in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms):

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This scale uses the notes shadjam, antara gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, panchamam, chathusruthi dhaivatham and kaisiki nishadam.

Popular compositions

Bahudari is a melodious rāgam. Here are some popular compositions in Bahudari.

• Brova Bharama composed by Thyagaraja
• Marakoti sundari and Unnadiye gatiyendru by G. N. Balasubramaniam
• Sadananda tandavam seyyum by Achutadasar
• Bhaja Manasa vighneswaram composed by Thulaseevanam
• Sinamadaiyade Seerividade composed by Dandapani Desikar
• Sakala Shanti Karamu Sarvesha - tuned by Mahavidwan Sri Nedunuri Krishnamurty composed by Annamacharya
• ' Kamaladalayatha lochana ' by Dr M. Balamuralikrishna.
• Mahâ Venkateshwarâ by Kalyani Varadarajan
• Irabeku Hari Dasara by Purandaradasa
• Indu sairisiri by Kanakadasa

Film Songs

Song	Movie	Composer	Singer
Unnai Thedinen	Ival Oru Pournami	T. K. Ramamoorthy	S. Janaki
Vaa Vaa Aadiva	Jaathi Pookkal	Shyam	P. Jayachandran
Brova Bharama (Tyagaraja Kirti)	Kavari Maan	Ilaiyaraaja	K. J. Yesudas
Singalathu Chinnakuyile(Ragam Bhagyashree touches in Charanam)	Punnagai Mannan		S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K.S. Chitra
Thee Thee(Raga Tilang touches also)	Thiruda Thiruda		Caroline,Noel James &A. R. Rahman
Hello Mr.Ethirkatchi	Iruvar		Harini
Aaha Kaadhal Konji Pesudhe	Moondru Per Moondru Kadal	Yuvan Shankar Raja	Nandini Srikar
Lesa Parakkuthu	Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu	V. Selvaganesh	Karthik, Chinmayi
Un Vizhigalil	Maan Karate	Anirudh Ravichander	Anirudh Ravichander, Shruti Haasan
Unkoodave Porakkanum	Namma Veettu Pillai	D. Imman	Sid Sriram, Shashaa Tirupati
Aalangiliyae Aalangiliyae	Neruppu Da	Sean Roldan	Sean Roldan, Shweta Mohan
Poove Pooviname	144		Sean Roldan, Chinmayi
Siru Malligai	Vachathi	Jack Vathsan	Surmukhi Raman,Krishnaveni
Nee Uravaaga	Paambhu Sattai	Ajesh	Shreya Ghoshal,Haricharan
Maaman Magale	Kuttram Kuttrame		Benny Dayal,Pravin Saivi,Ajesh

References

1. Ragas in Carnatic music by Dr. S. Bhagyalekshmy, Pub. 1990, CBH Publications
2. Raganidhi by P. Subba Rao, Pub. 1964, The Music Academy of Madras