MOHANA
Raag Mohana in carnatic classical is an owdava owdava raag, as it has no all seven swaras, and the arohana and avarohana are the same. It is the janya raag of Harikambhoji.
Arohana - sa re ga pa da sa
Avarohana - sa da pa ga re sa
In this raag we don't find ma (Madhyama) and Ne (Nishhadha)
Sa - constant
re - Chathusruthi reshabha
ga - Anthara Gandhara
pa - constant
da - Chathusruthi dhaivatha
sa*- thara shadyma constant
In western music if sa is started from c scale, C D E G A C becomes this raag. It is very melodious to play on flute, and it is said that lord Sri Krishna loved to play this raag on his flute so he is called MOHANA Krishna and his murali (flute) is called MOHANA murali.
"Vara veena mrudhu pane" is the popular pillari geetham for the beginners of classical music.
"Ninnu kori yunnanura" is the varnam also for the beginners to learn a little bit larger than the pillari geethm and smaller than any krithi or kirthana.
Popular krithis in this raag are
Raara rajeeva lochana by Mysore Vasudev Ayyer
Raama Ninne Namminanura by Thyagaraj
Nannu palimpaga nadachi vachithiva by Thyagaraj
There are lots of film songs on this raag right from old films to new films.
Lahiri lahiri lahirilo ---Mayabazar by ghantasala to veyi vela gopemmala by Ilayaraja there are thousands of songs which particularly composed on this raag are all time hits. I personally opine that the music mastro Ilayaraja loves two raagas particulay. One is Udaya Ravi Chandrika and the second one is none other than The melodious raga MOHANA!
You can watch my video on guitar how to play raag MOHANA on sruthi 1 or "C" scale on
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