Jaunpuri (raga)

Jaunpuri

Thaat	Asavari
Pakad	m P n d P, m P g, R m P

Raga Jaunpuri is a rāga in Hindustani classical music in the Asavari thaat. Some musicians like Omkarnath Thakur consider it indistinguishable from the shuddha rishabh Asavari. Its attractive swaras also make it a popular raga in the Carnatic circles with a number of compositions in South India being tuned to Jaunpuri.

The name of the rāga may associate it with places of this name, such as Javanpur in Gujarat, close to Saurasthra region and Jaunpur in northern Uttar Pradesh.

History

Jaunpuri was created by Sultan Hussain Sharqi of Jaunpur.

Structure

The Pakad is "m P n d P, m P g, R m P"

It is usually performed in morning (9-12pm).

In Carnatic music

Structure and Lakshana

• ārohaṇa : S R₂ M₁ P D₁ N₂ Ṡ
• avarohaṇa : Ṡ N₂ D₁ P M₁ G₂ R₂ S

(the notes used in this scale are shadja, chathusruthi rishabha, sadharan gandhar, shuddh madhyam, pancham, kaishiki nishadh and shuddh dhaivat)

In the Carnatic circles, Jonpuri is considered a janya rāga of Natabhairavi, the 20th Melakarta rāga.

Popular compositions

Jonpuri lends itself to songs that try to convey bhakti or a certain glorious grandeur or awe.

Kritis

Composition	Composer
Madhava loka nam	Swathi Thirunal
Eppo Varuvaro	Gopalakrishna Bharathi
sapaśyat kausalya	Panchapakesa Sastri
Rama mantrava	Purandaradasa
Asai Mugham Marandhu Poche	Bhaaratiyaar
Chidanandadam Srinivasam	Kalyani Varadarajan

Film songs

Language:Tamil

Song	Singer	Film	Music Director
Ullamellam inba vellam	M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar	Chintamani	Papanasam Sivan
Gnanakann onru		Ashok Kumar	Alathur V. Subramanyam
Sathva guna bodhan
Innamum paramugam		Velaikari	S. M. Subbaiah Naidu and C. R. Subbaraman
Thaai irukka pillai
Ninaithale inikkumadi manam	Radha-Jayalakshmi duo	Mullaivanam	K. V. Mahadevan
Naan petra selvam	T. M. Soundararajan
Kallile kalai vannam	Seerkazhi Govindarajan	Kumudham
Nadagamellam Kanden	T. M. Soundararajan, Jikki	Madurai Veeran	G. Ramanathan
Thedi Vanthene Pulli Maane
Andavan darisaname	T. R. Mahalingam	Agathiyar	Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan
Sonnadhu neethana	P. Susheela	Nenjil Or Aalayam	Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy
Thendral Vanthu Theendumbothu	Ilaiyaraaja, S. Janaki	Avatharam	Ilaiyaraaja
Engengu Nee Sendra pothum	KJ Yesudas, Chitra	Ninaika Therintha maname
Thegam Siragadikum	P. Jayachandran, Chitra	Naane Raja Naane Mandhiri
Enaku Piditha Padal	Shreya Ghoshal	Julie Ganapathy
Inji Idupazhagi	Kamal Hassan, Janaki	Devar Magan
Munbe Vaa	Naresh Iyer, Shreya Ghoshal	Jillunu Oru Kadhal	AR Rahman
Anbe Aaruyire	AR Rahman	Anbe Aaruyire
Mazhai Mega Vanna(Pallavi only)	K. S. Chithra,Srinivas	Desam
Marudaani	Madhushree, AR Rahman,Hentry Kuruvilla	Sakkarakatti
Oru Paadhi Kadhavu	Haricharan, Vandana Srinivasan	Thaandavam	G. V. Prakash Kumar
Pirai Thedum	Saindhavi, G. V. Prakash Kumar	Mayakkam Enna
Nila Ne Vaanam	Vijay Yesudas, Chinmayee	Pokkisham	Sabesh-Murali
Enadhuyire	Sadhana Sargam, Chinmayee, Nikhil Mathew, Sowmya Raoh	Bheemaa	Harris Jayaraj
Annal Mele Panithuli	Sudha Ragunathan	Vaaranam Aayiram
Mercury Mele	Devan Ekambaram, P. Unnikrishnan	Majunu
Venmathi Venmathiye Nillu	Roop Kumar Rathod, Tippu	Minnale
Manasukkulle Dhagam	Harish Raghavendra,Reshma	Autograph	Bharadwaj
Oru Kal	Yuvan Shankar Raja	Siva Manasula Sakthi	Yuvan Shankar Raja
Idhu Varai	Andrea Jeremiah, Ajeesh	Goa
Kadhal Vennila	Hariharan, P. Jayachandran(Pathos)	Vaanathaippola	S. A. Rajkumar
Kannadasa Kannadasa	Mahalakshmi Iyer, Sudha Raghunathan(Imman's Dim Light Version)	Thavam	D. Imman