Gourimanohari


Gowrimanohari or Gaurimanohari is a rāgam in Carnatic music. It is the 23rd Melakarta rāgam in the 72 melakarta rāgam system of Carnatic music. The 23rd melakarta rāgam as per Muthuswami Dikshitar school of music is .
The Western equivalent is the melodic minor scale.
Hindustani music does not have an equivalent to this rāgam, where the purvanga is like Kafi thaat, while the uttaranga is like Bilaval thaat.

Structure and Lakshana

It is the 5th rāgam in the 4th chakra Veda. The mnemonic name is Veda-Ma. The mnemonic phrase is sa ri gi ma pa dhi nu. Its structure is as follows :
The notes used in this scale are shadjam, chatushruti rishabham, sadharana gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, panchamam, chatushruti daivatam and kakali nishadham. It is a sampurna rāgam – a rāgam that has all seven swaras. It is the shuddha madhyamam equivalent of Dharmavati, which is the 59th melakarta.

''Janya'' rāgams

It has a few minor janya rāgams associated with it. See List of janya rāgams to look up all rāgams associated with it.

Popular compositions

The following are a few popular compositions in this rāgam.

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Related rāgams

This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rāgam.
Gourimanohari's notes when shifted using Graha bhedam, yields 3 other major melakarta rāgams, namely, Vachaspati, Natakapriya and Charukesi. Graha bhedam is the step taken in keeping the relative note frequencies same, while shifting the shadjam to the next note in the rāgam. For further details and an illustration see Graha bhedam on Vachaspati.