Kathanakuthuhalam

Kathanakuthuhalam or kathanakuthoohalam, also known as kathanakuthuhala is a raga in Carnatic music. Patnam Subramania Iyer is credited with inventing this raga.^[1][2] The famous kriti Raghuvamsha Sudhambudhi written by him is in this raga.

Kathanakuthuhalam

Arohanam	S R₂ M₁ D₂ N₃ G₃ P Ṡ
Avarohanam	Ṡ N₃ D₂ P M₁ G₃ R₂ S

Select compositions

Thillanas:

1. Dr. Balamuralikrishna

2. Dr. TV Gopalakrishnan

3. Dr. Lalgudi Jayaraman

4. Sri M. D. Ramanathan

Varnams:

1. Neeve Rakshakudani-Mysore Vasudevachar

2. Sharanagatha Vatsale-Calcutta Krishnamurthy

3. Kuvalayakshi-GN Balasubramaniam

Krithis:

1. Mangala Varadayaki-GN Balasubramaniam

2. Raghuvamsha Sudha-Patnam Subramania Iyer

3. Kathanakuthuhala Ragapriye-Venkatrama Iyer

4. Giripriyam-Muthiah Bhagavatar

5. Kadhanum Kannanum-Lyrics by Brazil Dr. Subramanyam, Tuned by KN Shashikiran

6. Kathanakutuhala Priya Hasini-Nagpur Srinivasan

7. Mohana Krishna-GN Balasubramaniam

8. Gopala Nandana-Muthiah Bhagavatar

9. Neekela Dayaradhu-Mysore Vasudevachar

10. Ganam Pozhivan-N. S. Chidambaram

11. Vandeham Shive-Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar

There is also a Jathiswaram in Kathanakuthuhalam.

Structure

Its ārohaṇa-avarohaṇa structure (ascending and descending scale) is as follows (see swaras in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms):

• arohana: S R₂ M₁ D₂ N₃ G₃ P Ṡ
• avarohana: Ṡ N₃ D₂ P M₁ G₃ R₂ S