Vatapi Ganapatim - Hamsadhwani Raga - Adi Tala - Muthuswami Dikshitar | Dr. L Subramaniam

Vatapi Ganapatim, a very beautiful composition of Muthuswami Dikshitar, on his birthday.

About the raga:
Hamsadhwani (meaning "the cry of the swan"), is a raga in Carnatic music. It is an audava rāgam. It is a janya rāga of the Melakartha raga.
Hamsadhwani was created by the Carnatic composer Ramaswami Dikshitar (1735–1817), father of Muthuswami Dikshitar.

Hamsadhwani is audava-audava ragam in Carnatic music classification. Its ārohaṇa-avarohaṇa structure is as follows:

ārohaṇa: S R2 G3 P N3 S
avarohaṇa: S N3 P G3 R2 S

About the composer:
Muthuswami Dikshitar (24 March 1775 – 21 October 1835), was a South Indian poet, singer, and veena player, and a legendary composer of Indian classical music, who is considered one of the musical trinity of Carnatic music.
Muthuswami Dikshitar was born in Tiruvarur near Thanjavur, in what is now the state of Tamil Nadu in India, to a family that is traditionally traced back to Virinichipuram in the northern boundaries of the state. His compositions, of which around 500 are commonly known, are noted for their elaborate and poetic descriptions of Hindu gods and temples and for capturing the essence of the raga forms through the vainika (veena) style that emphasises gamakas.

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