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{{Short description|A Janya raga of Carnatic music}}
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{{About|the raga of Carnatic music|the Tamil name of Kedah|History of Kedah}}
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{{Carnatic}}
'''Kedaram''' (pronounced kēdāram) is a [[rāga]]m in [[Carnatic music]] (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is a derived scale (''[[janya]]'' rāgam) from ''[[Sankarabharanam (raga)|Shankarabharanam]]'', the 29th ''[[Melakarta]]'' rāgam.<ref name="ragas">''Ragas in Carnatic music'' by Dr. S. Bhagyalekshmy, Pub. 1990, CBH Publications</ref>

== Structure and Lakshana ==
''Kedaram'' is an asymmetric scale that does not contain ''dhaivatam''. It is called a ''vakra audava-shadava'' rāgam,<ref name="ragas" /><ref name="raganidhi" /> in Carnatic music classification. This classification implies that it has 5 notes in ascending scale with zig-zag notes and 6 notes in descending scale. Its ''ārohaṇa-avarohaṇa'' structure is as follows (see [[Swara#Svaras in Carnatic music|''swaras'' in Carnatic music]] for details on below notation and terms):

*[[Arohana|ārohaṇa]] : {{svaraC|S|M1|G3|M1|P|N3|S'|foot=yes}}
*[[Avarohana|avarohaṇa]] : {{svaraC|S'|N3|P|M1|G3|R2|S|foot=yes}}

[[File:Kedaram - Arohanam and Avarohanam.wav|thumb|Kedaram - Arohanam and Avarohanam]]

This scale uses the notes ''shadjam, chatusruti rishabham, antara gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, panchamam'' and ''kakali nishadam''.

== Popular compositions ==
''Kedaram'' has been used by many composers for compositions in Carnatic music. Here are some popular compositions in this musical scale.

*''Rama Neepai'' and ''Marache vadana rama'' by [[Saint Tyagaraja]]
*''Ananda natana prakasham'', ''Ambikayah Abhayambikayah'' and ''Chidhambara Natarajam'' by [[Muthuswami Dikshitar]]
*''Bhajana seyave o manasa'' by Aanayya (brothers)
*''Bhajare sriramam'' by [[Bhadrachala Ramadasu]]
*''Rare Ramanulamta'' by [[Sri Bhakta Gnanananda Teertha]] ''(Sri Ogirala Veera Raghava Sarma)''
*''Hari Narayana Enu Manave'', ''Simharoopanaada'' and ''Krishna Ena Baarade'' by [[Purandara Dasa]]
*''Thyagaraja Gurum Ashraye'' by [[M. D. Ramanathan]] in honor of [[Saint Tyagaraja]]
*''Pallavi of Navaragamalika [[varnam]]-Valachi Vacchi'' by [[Patnam Subramania Iyer]]

==Film Songs==
===Language:[[Tamil language|Tamil]]===
{| class="wikitable"
!Song
!Movie
!Composer
!Singer
|-
|Idhu Oru Ponmalai
|[[Nizhalgal]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Illayaraja]]
|[[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]
|-
|Sundari Neeyum Sundaran
|[[Michael Madana Kama Rajan]]
|[[Kamal Haasan]], [[S. Janaki]]
|-
|Ennavale Adi Ennavale
|[[Kaadhalan]]
|rowspan="3"|[[A. R. Rahman]]
|[[P. Unnikrishnan]]
|-
|Thirakatha Kattukule
|rowspan="2"|[[En Swasa Katre]]
|[[P. Unnikrishnan]], [[K.S. Chitra]]
|-
|En Swasa Kaatre(Neelambari Traces too)
|[[M. G. Sreekumar]], [[K.S. Chitra]]
|-
|Oorellaam Unnai Kandu
|[[Nannbenda]]
|[[Harris Jayaraj]]
|[[P. Unnikrishnan]], [[Bombay Jayashri]]
|-
|Raile Raile
|[[Five Star (film)|Five Star]]
|[[Sriram Parasuram]] & [[Anuradha Sriram]]
|[[P. Unnikrishnan]]
|}

==Notes==
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==Related Ragams==
Kedaram is similar to ''Natbehag'' of [[Hindustani classical music]].<ref name="ragas" /><ref name="raganidhi">''Raganidhi'' by P. Subba Rao, Pub. 1964, The Music Academy of Madras</ref> The [[Kedar (raga)|Kedar]] of Hindustani music belongs to [[Kalyani (raga)|Kalyan]] [[thaat]] and is quite different from Kedaram.<ref name="ragas" /><ref name="raganidhi" />

==References==
{{Portal|India|Music}}
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{{Melakarta ragas|state=collapsed}}
{{Janya|state=collapsed}}

[[Category:Janya ragas]]