Carnatic Music
Concepts
Sruti • Swara • Raga • Tala • Melakarta
Compositions
Varnam • Kriti • Geetham • Swarajati • Ragam Thanam Pallavi • Thillana
Instruments
Veena • Mridangam • Ghatam • Morsing • Kanjira • Pullankuzhal • Violin • Tambura
Composers
List of Carnatic composers

Charanam (meaning foot) in Carnatic music (South Indian classical music) is usually the end section of a composition which is sung after the anupallavi.^[1]

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 samraashti charanam that combines both the anupallavi and charanam of the composition^[1] 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

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} Royal Carpet: Glossary of Carnatic Terms C

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