# Revagupti

Revagupti (pronounced rēvagupti) is a rāgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is a pentatonic scale (audava rāgam or owdava rāgam). It is a janya rāgam (derived scale), as it does not have all the seven swaras (musical notes).
It is a morning rāgam. The similar scales in Hindustani music are Rewa and Bibhas.

## Structure and Lakshana

Revagupti is a symmetric rāgam that does not contain madhyamam or nishādham. It is a symmetric pentatonic scale (audava-audava ragam in Carnatic music classification – audava meaning 'of 5'). Its ascending and descending scale (ārohaṇa-avarohaṇa structure) is as follows:
* ārohaṇa : S R₁ G₃ P D₁ Ṡ
* avarohaṇa : Ṡ D₁ P G₃ R₁ S
The notes used in this scale are shadjam, shuddha rishabham, antara gandharam, panchamam and shuddha dhaivatham, as per Carnatic music notation and terms for the swaras. Revagupti is considered a janya rāgam of Mayamalavagowla, the 15th Melakarta rāgam, though it can be derived from 5 other melakarta rāgams by dropping both the madhyamam and nishādham.

## Popular Compositions

Here are a few songs composed in Revagupti.
* Gopalaka Pahimam is popular krithi rendered in this raga nowadays, though originally it was set in the raga Bhupalam by Maharaja Swathi Thirunal
* Griha bala memi composed by Tyagaraja
* Sada vinata sadare and Sharavana bhava guruguham by Muthuswami Dikshitar
* Ni vera ganidhi and Purushottamuda by Annamacharya
* Varnam-Aravinda Malarkanna by Seetha Raman
* Varnam-Swayam Varenyam by Pallavi Subbayya Bhagavathar
* 'Shri Ganeshwara by N. Ravikiran

## Film Songs
### Language:Tamil

| Song | Movie | Composer | Singer |
| Nee Palli Ezhundhaal | Raja Mukthi | C. R. Subburaman | M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar |
| Panniner Mozhiyaal | Thiruvarutchelvar | K. V. Mahadevan | T. M. Soundararajan, Master Maharajan |
| Sugamana Sindhanaiyil | Taxi Driver | M. S. Viswanathan | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki |
| Kozhi Koovum | Vanna Vanna Pookkal | Ilaiyaraaja | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki |
| Degam Pon Degam | Anbulla Malare | Ilaiyaraaja | S. Janaki |
| Bhoomiye Enga | Puthu Paatu | Ilaiyaraaja | Mano, S. Janaki |
| Vidinthatha Pozhuthu | Pillai Paasam | Ilaiyaraaja | Ilaiyaraaja |
| Senthazham Poovil | Mullum Malarum | Ilaiyaraaja | K.J. Yesudas |
| Kathiravanai Paarthu | Pookkal Vidum Thudhu | T. Rajendar | K.J. Yesudas |
| Ponmaanai | Mythili Ennai Kaathali | T. Rajendar | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam |
| Boobalam Arangerum | Agni Theertham | Shankar–Ganesh | K.J. Yesudas |
| Paarthu Sirikithu Bommai | Thirumathi Oru Vegumathi | Shankar–Ganesh | Vani Jairam |
| Vaigai Neerada | Chinnanchiru Kiliye | G. K. Venkatesh | Malaysia Vasudevan, S. Janaki |
| Kaalai Veyil Nerathile | Then Chittugal | Vijay Ramani | P. Jayachandran |
| Kadhal Kavithai Paada | Ganam Courtar Avargale | Devendran | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K.S. Chitra |
| Paadum Paravaigal Sangeetham | Shenbagathottam | Sirpy | S. Janaki |

## Related rāgams

This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rāgam.

### Scale similarities

* Bhupalam rāgam differs from Revagupti only by the gāndhāram. It uses sadharana gāndhāram instead of antara gāndhāram and its ārohaṇa-avarohaṇa structure is S R1 G2 P D1 S : S D1 P G2 R1 S
* Bhauli rāgam uses an additional nishadam in descending scale, in comparison to Revagupti. Its ārohaṇa-avarohaṇa structure is S R1 G3 P D1 S : S N3 D1 P G3 R1 S
* Karnataka Shuddha Saveri rāgam uses shuddha madhyamam in place of antara gandharam of Revagupti. Its ārohaṇa-avarohaṇa structure is S R1 M1 P D1 S : S D1 P M1 R1 S