{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{short description|Usually the end section of a composition in Carnatic music}} {{Carnatic}} {{Distinguish|Charanams}} '''Charanam''' (meaning ''foot'') in Carnatic music (South Indian classical music) is usually the end section of a composition which is sung after the anupallavi.<ref name="glossc">[http://www.karnatik.com/glossc.shtml Royal Carpet: Glossary of Carnatic Terms C<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
There may be multiple ''charanams'' in a composition which make up different stanzas, but in compositions that do not have an anupallavi, there often exists a ''samrashti charanam'' that combines both the anupallavi and charanam of the composition<ref name="glossc" /> which directly follows the ''pallavi''.
The '''charana swaras''' are grouped in four different ways:
*1st - one tala cycle. *2nd - one tala cycle. *3rd - two long tala cycles *4th - four long tala cycles
==References== {{Portal|India|Music}} <references />
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