{{Short description|Rāga of the tradition of Odissi music}} {{Infobox Odissi raga |badi=Rusabha |sambadi=Panchama |angaraga= |odia=କେଦାର କାମୋଦୀ |arohana=S n D P M G R S |abarohana=S M G R G M P D n D P N S |mela=Sri |jati=Bakra Sampurna - Sampurna |raga_name=Kedara Kamodi |name=Kedara Kamodi |allied=[[Kedara]], [[Kamodi]], [[Kedaragouda]] }} '''Kedara Kamodi''' ({{Langx|or|କେଦାର କାମୋଦୀ|translit=kedāra kāmodi}}) is a [[Raga|rāga]] belonging to the tradition of [[Odissi music]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last=Panda |first=Pt. Gopal Chandra |title=Odisi Raga Ratnabali |year=2004 |location=Bhubaneswar |language=hi |script-title=hi:ओडिसी राग रत्नावली |oclc=225908458 |author-link=Gopal Chandra Panda}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Parhi |first=Dr. Kirtan Narayan |title=The Classicality of Orissi Music |publisher=Maxcurious Publications Pvt. Ltd. |year=2017 |isbn=9788193215128 |location=India |pages=383 |author-link=Kirtan Narayan Parhi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Hota |first=Dr. Damodar |title=Udra Paddhatiya Sangita |publisher=Swara-Ranga |year=2012 |volume=2 |location=Bhubaneswar |pages=18–19 |language=or |author-link=Damodar Hota}}</ref> Falling under the ''meḷa'' Sri,<ref>{{Cite book |title=Odisi Raga Sarani |publisher=Odissi Research Centre |year=2004 |location=Bhubaneswar}}</ref> the raga uses both ''nisada'' swaras and is traditionally associated with the ''srungāra rasa.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Misra |first=Purusottama |title=Sangitanarayana (A Seventeenth Century Text on Music and Dance from Orissa) |publisher=Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts and Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd. |year=2009 |isbn=9788120832886 |editor-last=Bose |editor-first=Prof. Mandakranta}}</ref>'' This raga is considered a conjunct of the rāgas [[Kedara (raga)|Kedāra]] and [[Kamodi]]. The raga has been used by most of the famous composers including [[Upendra Bhanja|''Kabi Samrata'' Upendra Bhanja]] and [[Baladeba Ratha|''Kabisurjya'' Baladeba Ratha]].
== Structure == An ancient raga, Kedara Kamodi has been used by hundreds of poet-composers for well-over the past many centuries.<ref name=":32">{{Cite book |last=Das |first=Ramhari |title=Odissi Sangeetara Parampara O Prayoga |publisher=Kaishikee Prakashani |year=2004 |location=Bhubaneswar, Odisha |language=or |script-title=or:ଓଡ଼ିଶୀ ସଙ୍ଗୀତର ପରମ୍ପରା ଓ ପ୍ରୟୋଗ |trans-title=The tradition and method of Odissi music |author-link=Ramhari Das}}</ref> The raga is ''bakra'' in its ''aroha'' and ''abaroha'' (ascent and descent). Its ''aroha-abaroha'' are given below :
''Aroha :'' S M G R, G M P D n D P, P N S
''Abaroha :'' S n D P M G R S
The raga exhibits Kedarānga in its SMGM and PNS, whereas PDSnDP and GMPDnDP evoke the Kamodi anga.<ref name=":02">{{Cite book |last=Panda |first=Dr. Gopal Chandra |title=Sri Gita Gobinda Swara Lipi |publisher=Smt. Bhagabati Panda |year=1995 |location=Bhubaneswar |language=or |trans-title=Notated music of the Gita Govinda |author-link=Gopal Chandra Panda}}</ref>
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== Compositions == Some of the well-known traditional compositions in this raga include :
* ''Khyamanukampadhara He (Champu)'' by [[Baladeba Ratha|''Kabisurjya'' Baladeba Ratha]] * ''Ramanibara Asuchi Kari Bhangi (Rasa Panchaka)'' by [[Upendra Bhanja|''Kabi Samrata'' Upendra Bhanja]] * ''Jebe Nabaghana Syama Bansiswana'' by [[Baladeba Ratha|''Kabisurjya'' Baladeba Ratha]]
== References == <references />
{{Odissi music}} {{Odissi music ragas}}
[[Category:Ragas of Odissi music]]