Bowli

Carnatic music
Tanjavur-style tambura
Concepts
Śruti Svara Rāga Tāḷa Mēḷakarta Asaṃpūrṇa Mēḷakarta
Compositions
Gītaṃ Svarajati Varṇaṃ Kr̥ti Kīrtana Rāgaṃ Tānaṃ Pallavi Tillana
Instruments
Melody Sarasvati Vīṇā Veṇu Nādasvaraṃ Goṭṭuvādyaṃ (Citra Vīṇā) Violin Percussion Mr̥daṅgaṃ Ghaṭaṃ Morsing Kanjira Thavil Drone Tambura Shruti box
Composers Glossary
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Bowli is a Carnatic raga (also spelled as Bauli^[1] or Bhauli^[2]). This raga is a janya of the 15th Melakarta raga Mayamalavagowla. This raga is known to be a morning raga.

Structure and Lakshana

This ragam is an asymmetric scale and is classified as an audava-shadava ragam (five notes in the ascending scale and six notes in the descending scale).^[1][2]

• ārohaṇa: S R₁ G₃ P D₁ Ṡ^[a]
• avarohaṇa: Ṡ N₃ D₁ P G₃ R₁ S^[b]

The notes in this scale are shuddha rishabham, antara gandharam, panchamam and shuddha dhaivatam in arohana and additional kakali nishadham in avarohanam.

Select compositions

Kritis

• Sriman Narayana in Adi talam composed by Annamacharya,
• Melukovayya in Jhampa talam composed by Tyagaraja, an utsava sampradaya kriti is well known in this raga.
• Tappulanniyu in Rupakam composed by Muthiah Bhagavatar
• Parvati Nayaka in Adi talam composed by Swati Tirunal^[3]
• Elu narayanane in Khanda chapu talam by Kanakadasa in Kannada
• Elu Hanumantha in Mishra Nadai adi by Purandara Dasaru
• Karunanidhiye thaye in Misra Chapu composed by Papanasam Sivan^[4]
• Tandanene Ahi in Adi talam composed by Annamacharya
• Sri Parvati Parameshvarau in Adi Talam composed by Muthuswami Dikshitar

Film Songs

Language:Tamil

Related rāgams

This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rāgam.

Scale similarities

• Revagupti is a rāgam which has a symmetrical scale matching the ascending scale of Bowli (nishadham is entirely omitted). Its ārohaṇa-avarohaṇa structure is S R₁ G₃ P D₁ Ṡ^[c]: Ṡ D₁ P G₃ R₁ S^[d]

Notes

References