Janya raga · parent: 15. Mayamalavagowla
Sindhu Ramakriya
Confidence: high Last verified:
Scale
Derived from the printed scale: shadava in both ascent and descent (6 notes up, 6 down); varjya: R in the ascent; D in the descent; vakra (zigzag) in the descent; upanga (only notes of its parent).
Beginner's explanation
Sindhu Ramakriya is a janya raga : it is derived from the melakarta Mayamalavagowla (number 15), which means it takes its notes from that parent's scale. It uses only notes of its parent, so it is an Upanga raga.
Going up, its notes are S G3 M1 P D1 N3 S'; coming down, S' N3 P M1 G3 R1 G3 S. Its ascent and descent each use 6 different notes (Shadava ). Notes of the parent that it leaves out are Varjya : R going up, D coming down. The path is Vakra (zigzag) coming down: some notes are visited out of straight order.
If Sa is C on a keyboard, the notes it uses fall on C, D♭, E, F, G, A♭, B. This only shows where the notes sit: a raga is more than its notes, and its ornaments and phrases are not shown here.
A bit deeper
Its parent. Sindhu Ramakriya is placed under Mayamalavagowla (melakarta 15) by karnatik.com, the source for this page's parent. It uses all of the parent's notes.
Same notes, different raga. Chayagowla, Gowlipantu, Gowri, Gundakriya and Gurjari use exactly the same set of notes as Sindhu Ramakriya but differ in the path, the ornaments or the phrases.
Why start here? How likely you are to meet it
●●● (rating 3 of 3: 1 = met very often)
Rating 3 of 3 (editorial, a rough guide to how often you are likely to meet this raga): it is not among the top 100 ragas in karnatik.com's tally of compositions per raga (based on a list of 38,000 songs), so a beginner will meet it less often. A 1 means met very often and 3 means met rarely. It says nothing about how hard the raga is to sing, which depends on its ornaments and is not rated here. The tally counts songs by raga name and dates from 2011.
Characteristic features
Key notes, characteristic phrases and ornaments are not recorded here yet: they could not be confirmed from two sources, and this site leaves them out rather than guess.
Where the notes sit
| # | Semitones above Sa | Short name | Full name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | S | Shadja |
| 2 | 1 | R1 | Shuddha Rishabha |
| 3 | 2 | R2 = G1 | Chatushruti Rishabha = Shuddha Gandhara |
| 4 | 3 | R3 = G2 | Shatshruti Rishabha = Sadharana Gandhara |
| 5 | 4 | G3 | Antara Gandhara |
| 6 | 5 | M1 | Shuddha Madhyama |
| 7 | 6 | M2 | Prati Madhyama |
| 8 | 7 | P | Panchama |
| 9 | 8 | D1 | Shuddha Dhaivata |
| 10 | 9 | D2 = N1 | Chatushruti Dhaivata = Shuddha Nishada |
| 11 | 10 | D3 = N2 | Shatshruti Dhaivata = Kaishiki Nishada |
| 12 | 11 | N3 | Kakali Nishada |
Related ragas
Notable compositions (titles only)
Songs listed for this raga on karnatik.com by composers covered on this site. Lists are community-compiled, so a missing song does not mean it does not exist. Talas are as the source names them; no lyrics are reproduced.
Tyagaraja
- Devadi Deva Desadi·Telugu
- Sudha Madhurya Adi·Telugu
How this was checked
- Sources agree: Scale of Sindhu Ramakriya: ascent S G3 M1 P D1 N3 S'; descent S' N3 P M1 G3 R1 G3 S. Sources: Royal Carpet: Carnatic Ragas; List of Janya ragas. The ascent and descent printed by karnatik.com match the scale in Wikipedia's table.
- Sources agree: Sindhu Ramakriya is a janya of melakarta number 15, Mayamalavagowla. Sources: Royal Carpet: Carnatic Ragas; Royal Carpet: Introduction to Carnatic Raga (the melakarta ragas). Parent per karnatik.com. Consistency check: every note of the raga is in the parent's scale (the parent's own scale is confirmed in two sources).
References for this page
- Royal Carpet: Carnatic Ragas — karnATik · website · intermediate · free why useful
- Royal Carpet: Introduction to Carnatic Raga (the melakarta ragas) — karnATik · website · beginner · free why useful
- Popular ragas by number of songs — karnATik · website · beginner · free why useful
- List of Janya ragas — Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · free why useful