Ragas in Vachaspati thaat / mela

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Ocean has 20 entries . 8 of them have the -Kalyan suffix like Krishna Kalyan and Dhanakoni Kalyan .

Explanation by Abhijit Shenoy about both of these ( swara set SRGMPn ):

" Swaras are the same, but krishna kalyan uses rishabh freely both in aaroh and avaroh, whereas dhanakoni kalyan uses rishabh only in avaroh . "

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Vachaspati - " chatura sughara balama - Nagesh Adgaonkar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FidU9itNF8g

Tanarang :

This Raag has been adapted from Carnatic Music. By using Nishad Komal in Raag Maru Bihag, Raag Vachaspati comes into existence. Raag Champakali is a similar Raag in which Gandhar is dominant in Avroh, but in Vachaspati Rishabh is the dominant note in Avroh. "

For swarganga though Vachaspati and Champakali are identical .

In depth analysis by Deepak Raja ( diff aro/avr possibilities ):

http://swaratala.blogspot.com/2009/05/raga-vachaspati-in-hindustani-music.html

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Champakali :

Rishi Varun Mishra

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQRINCZ5h90

Ab Sh :
" Shades of 4 raags - Marubihag, Gavati (Bheem), Bhimpalas, and Saraswati."

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Kusumi Kalyan by Parveen Sultana sounds interesting at times but has no drut and almost no one else sings it .

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( Saraswati Kalyan on youtube by U Salamat is mislabelled - it´s only Saraswati )