Kharaharapriya is considered an ancient raga going all the way back to the Vedic days (Haran refers to Lord Shiva in the Hindu Mythology and "priya" is "to like"). Like the previous raga we considered (Kalyani), Kharaharapriya is also a gana raga and is one of the 72 Melakarta ragas.
The two old songs based on this raga illustrated by Madurai GS Mani are M.S.Subbulakshmi's Enthan Idathu Tholum from the movie Sakuntalai and "Maharajan" duet from movie Karnan by TMS (T.M. Soundararajan) & P.Susheela.
There are more recent renditions of Kharaharapriya by music director Ilayaraja. Here is the song "Poo Malarnthida" from the '80s tamil movie "Tik Tik Tik" starring Kamal Hassan and Madhavi.
Another one is the song "Mappillaiku Maaman Manathu" from the '80s Rajinikant movie Netrikan sung by Malaysia Vasudevan and P.Susheela (caveat: the following audio is from Raaga.com which has an annoying habit of popping too many things in the screen -- if you are averse to popups, please do not preview this particular song).
Here is a '90s song "Sangeetha Swarangal" from the movie Azhagan sung by SPB (the song ending has Doordarshan's theme music phrase which I do not believe is representative of the song which is clearly based in Kharaharapriya)
A prototypical Kharaharapriya Alapana (followed by kalpanaswaram) done very well in Nadhaswaram and Vocal (by K.J.Yesudas) in the Kamala Hassan movie "Unnaal Mudiyum Thambi" (the older guy is Gemini Ganesan but don't know the dude playing the Nadaswaram)
M.L.Vasanthakumari and Sudha Raghunathan singing a traditional Kharaharapriya:
A superb albeit traditional of the kriti "Rama Nee Samanamevero" in Kharaharapriya by Mandolin Shrinivas:
A rendition of Kharaharapriya with Jazz style improvisation by the carnatic saxophonist Kadri Gopalnath:
The Veena Virtuoso Chitti Babu's Kharaharapriya:
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