title: Ganapati (raga)
text: # Ganapati (raga)
  
  Ganapati also written as Ganapathi is a rāgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music) created by M. Balamuralikrishna with only three notes and Introduced to Carnatic music with a composition 'Gam Ganapathim'. It is a janya rāga (derived scale) of the 1st Melakarta rāgam Kanakangi.
  
  ## Scale
  
  The Ganapati raga contains three notes in ascending and descending of the scale:
  
  * Arohana : S G₁ P Ṡ
  * Avarohana : Ṡ P G₁ S
  
  ## Compositions
  
  | Composition | Language | Talam | Composer | Singer | Lyrics | Audio Label | Ref |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Gam Ganapathim | Sanskrit | Adi | M Balamurali Krishna | M Balamurali Krishna | M Balamurali Krishna | Geetanjali | |
  