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Raga Name: Sri
That Name: Purvi (some will say Sri That)
Aroha: S r M P M P d P N S’
Avaroha: S’ r’ N d P (M)P
(P)r (P)r G r S
Jati: Sadava – Sampurna
Vadi: r
Samvadi: P
Swarupa: r P M P d P (P)r
G r S
Prahar: 5th
Prahar (3 PM to 6 PM)
Raga Information:
Sri
(another name of “Laksmi”) is one of the original six
“janaka-ragas.” The janaka
ragas represent the six seasons of the year. This raga represents the winter
season. If one takes special note of the prahar, one
will know that around this time frame, the sun sets earlier than before, thus
creating a twilight feel. Usually, the Purvi That ragas of this prahar are performed toward the latter half. This one,
however, is performed earlier in the prahar, to
depict the sunset that is impending. As far as raga structure is concerned,
this raga is not like the Purvi ragas, where Ni has
great importance. This raga is similar to Raga Lalita,
where Sa starts the raga off. Some Vaisnava
musicians accept the Bhatkhande thats, with an additional Sri That. If this is the
case, this represent the Sri That.
As
far as harmonic structure is concerned, the vadi-samvadi
pair is quite unusual as komal re and Pa are the vadi-samvadi pair, despite
the fact that the interval is quite unfavorable. This raga probably has the
biggest mind, or glissando, from komal re and
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UPDATED: June 13, 2009