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  2. Pillaiyar Suḻi - Wikipedia

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    Pillaiyar Suḻi (Tamil: பிள்ளையார் சுழி), also rendered Ganesha's curl or Ganesha's circle, is a sacred textual symbol. It is dedicated to the Hindu deity Pillaiyar (Ganesha), who is ritually worshiped first with prayers for success and is used to symbolize an auspicious beginning.

  3. Vatapi Ganapatim - Wikipedia

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    The consonants of these notes, ga and na also appear as the first consonants in the name of the god (Ga-na-pati). Thus, Muthuswami Dikshitar may have digressed from his usual ragas and composed in Hamsadhvani, due to the Tantric associations with Ganesha. Amy Catlin suggests that the composition is composed to conjure the image of a dancing ...

  4. Gambhiranata - Wikipedia

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    The notes used in this scale are shadjam, antara gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, panchamam and kakali nishadam (see swaras in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms). Gambhiranata is considered a janya rāgam of Chalanata , the 36th Melakarta rāgam, though it can be derived from 8 other melakarta rāgams, by dropping both ...

  5. Vinayagar Agaval - Wikipedia

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    13th-century Ganesha bronze. Late Chola, Tamil Nadu. Vinayagar Agaval is a devotional poetic hymn to the Hindu deity Ganesha. It was written in the 10th century during the Chola dynasty by the Tamil poet Avvaiyar, shortly before her death. [1] It is considered to be her greatest poem. [2] The 72-line 'Agaval' is a form of blank verse, close to ...

  6. Nata (raga) - Wikipedia

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    Nata (nāṭa), also known as Nattai, is a rāgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music), sometimes spelled Nattai. It is a janya rāgam (derived scale) from the 36th melakarta scale Chalanata.

  7. List of film songs based on ragas - Wikipedia

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    Many songs in Indian films are based on ragas of Indian classical music. This song list includes those that are primarily set to the given raga, without major deviation from the musical scale. This song list includes those that are primarily set to the given raga, without major deviation from the musical scale.

  8. Thirty-two forms of Ganesha - Wikipedia

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    Thirty-two forms of Ganesha are mentioned frequently in devotional literature related to the Hindu god Ganesha. [1] [2] [3] The Ganesha-centric scripture Mudgala Purana is the first to list them. [4] Detailed descriptions are included in the Shivanidhi portion of the 19th-century Kannada Sritattvanidhi.

  9. Sukhakarta Dukhaharta - Wikipedia

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    Ganesha as Mayureshwara with consorts Riddhi and Siddhi, Morgaon.Samarth Ramdas composed the arati inspired by Mayureshwara. Sukhakarta Dukhaharta (literally "harbinger of happiness and dispeller of distress", [1] Marathi: सुखकर्ता दु:खहर्ता, sukhakartā duḥkhaharta), also spelled as Sukhkarta Dukhharta, is a popular Marathi arati, song or bhajan (devotional ...