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A Song And A Raaga

When you think of a raaga do you right away think of a song or bhajan? It happens to me all the time, I think of Hamsadhwani and even before I complete the thought the bhajan Maha Ganapathe Namosthuthe pops up in my mind. The moment Sindhubhairavi passes my mind, I think of Jaya Panduranga Prabho or Venkatachala Nilayam. What is this mapping? Does the raaga need a song more than the song needs a raaga to stand out in one’s mind?

Recently I posted several songs in the raaga NattaKurinji, little did I know that there are a couple of “popular” songs in this raaga that were not included in the uploads and a few raagsters have mentioned to me that adding those songs would complete the NattaKurinji collection. I am intrigued by this request and hence this blog post, I wonder if this is true of any raaga in general. There is tight correlation between raaga and a song.

Please share your thoughts.