Summary:
Idi nyayama Shri Ramachnadra, a short composition of Patnam Subramania Iyer’s, is incidentally the delight of mandolin players. The janya raga eschews ‘ma’ and ‘pa’ since the literal meaning of its name is ‘without lips’. He was careful to delineate it in a relatively slow tempo and prefix a short aalap to the number. Dexterity of his fingers in weaving together short and long phrases was laudable. Harikesanallur Muthiah Bhagavathar is the creator of this scale and Raju chose Bhagavathar’s own composition Raja raja rahithe in Roopakam..