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When a Kriti is interspersed with different ragas, it is known as Ragamalika. Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer had the uncanny ability to weave a garland of ragas out of a Kriti composed in just a single Raga. A classic case is the Kriti `Bhavayami Raghuramam’.
This is originally set to a single Raga – Saveri. But the genius in Semmanguid Srinivasa Iyer worked on it to make this Kriti a Raga garland. He converted this composition into a seven-raga necklace, embedding Raga gems like Saveri, Nattakurunji, Dhanyasi, Mohana, Mukari, Purvikalyani and Madhymavathi. Each stanza ends with a Cittaswara having a Mukuyswara passage in Saveri, resulting in Pallavi.
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