Samukhana nilva

 I first wrote about this almost a year back. I had just heard TKG in a Musiri Chamber concert and been blown away. Surprisingly I am not able to find that same recording today. But I heard another version of TKG's Samukhana.  There is something about this composition in TKG's voice which reduces me to tears. It is as if in a few minutes he shows me an alternate reality of Carnatic music. Shorn of everything unnecessary, and reduced to what it must have been in the Trinity's lifetimes.. just an outcome of their adoration of the Divine. Just think. Today's singers all have great voices, great breath control, great stage presence, incredible range, everything.. and still TKG the sheer emotion in this is beyond words.

Kalavati

 Have just finished learning Kalavati Kamalasana yuvathi. And have a lot of queries in my head.

Of course, I am talking about the vivadi Kalavati( in the Dikshithar sampradaya) and not the Chakravaham janya in which Thyagaraja has composed.

First, what should be the exact arohana and avarohana? I am not able to find any other songs or too much info.

One reliable site lists it as SR3G3M1 PD1N1S SN1D1P MG3R3S

TKG is listing it as janya of 31, which is fine. But then he is referring to the Dhaivatam and Nishadam as D2 and N2 which does not even make it vivadi. And I am hearing the vivaadi swaroopa of this raga clearly in every version.. so far heard Ramprasad, Soumya and TMK. Also, is it a sampoorna raga? When TMK is teaching, I am clearly hearing a PD,,S,,...a clear avoidance of Nishadam in ascent.. though there are a number of PDND phases, which is understandable. TKG's notations also clearly eschew the PDNS phrase.. so any kind souls out there who happen to stumble on this post, can please enlighten in the comments section