Shubh Diwali!!!

Wish you all a very Happy and Prosperous Diwali dear friends!

My teacher, Mr. Vivek Chapke introduced me to the concept of "Murchhana" मूर्छना 


When we consider one of the non-Shadja Swar of any raga as a Shadja and follow the swar of that raga, we get a different Raga. 


I will give you an example. 
Raga Maarva has the following swar...

Aaroha: Sa Re Ga Ma Dha Ni Dha Sa'

Avaroha: Sa' Ni Dha Ma Ga Re Sa

(Swar with ' suffix indicate Taar Saptak. Swar with ' prefix indicate Mandra Saptak and Ma in Bold indicate Tivra MA)
When we make Dha from the Mandra Saptak a Shadja, we get Bhupali!
Take a look at the follow picture which shows the set of swar from both Ragas.

The Red Swar represent Maarva and Blue ones represent Bhupali. 
There are a lot of other examples which explain the concept of Murrchana. 

Raga Bhupali has the following swar...

Aaroha: Sa Re Ga Pa Dha Sa'

Avaroha: Sa' Dha Pa Ga Re Sa

Thanks,
Yogesh.