Melakartharaga

72 melakartha raga


1.Cultural/ethnomusicological/historical importance

The 72 melakartharaaga system is the basis of both Karnatic and Hindustani music.The mathematical possibilities are beautifully established and elaborated in history.The previous attempts were
1.Muthuswami deekshithar all 72
2.Tyagarajaswami 41 of them
3.Mahavaidyanathan sivan melakartharaagamaalika(sung by M.S.Subbalaxmi)in Sanskrit
4.Koteeswarayyar (Kanthagaanaamutham in tamil)sung by his grandson Rajam.
5.Dr M.Balamuralikrishna (Telugu/Sanskrit)sung by him

In the long history of musicology in Kerala this is the first of its kind.
2.Therapy based approach
In the new system of music therapy slowly emerging as a costeffective tool to improve and sustain the physical,mental,intellectual and spiritual health of individuals,the 72 melakartharaga and their role as stimulants of all the 6 yogic chakra are studied and applied .the basic research has shown good results and more research is planned on these lines.Hence in emerging music therapy practices this would be a important research,preventive and curative tool .A
3. Academic/universitybased interest of musicians and musicologists in the subject is taken into consideration
4.Since it is an interdisciplinary approach involving all branches of medicine(Allopathy and other alternative medicines)and also the Indian systems of philosophy and darsana,and researchoriented there will be wide interest among varied personne in this.project.
5.The Malayalam version of the 72 melakartharaaga was inspired by Dr K.J.Yesudas’ singing of the melakartharaaga and hence ,it is totally a ethnomusicological study material for the student of music in Kerala while it covers the scope of th e wider interest of interdisciplinary study at a national /global level. Lyrics Dr Suvarna Nalapat.Sung by Dr G.Bhuvaneswari .
6.A study of music therapy (comparative/both theory and practice of west and east)by DR Suvarna Nalapat (D.C.Books Kottayam. )and an English version of it by a Delhi-based publisher.