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A Varnam, under Carnatic musical context, is an important type of composition. Given its complex structure, it is in the advanced stage of Carnatic music learning tier. Varnams are usually performed at the beginning of any Carnatic music performance. They are often used as the "warm-up" piece in a Carnatic music concert.Varnams are generally short metric pieces that capture the essence of a particular raga. They express the bhava of the raga to brings out the raga’s beauty. There are essentially two types of Varnams in popular Carnatic music – Tana Varnam and Padha Varnam.In this special book on Varnams, Mohan covers a selection of 38 bautiful Varnams from ‘easy’ to complicated compositions, such as Stava-Dvi Bedham raga, Gati Bedham Varnams. Mohan also covers his original composition of a Taru Varnam in Pushkara Godavari raga with inclusion of anubandam, swara, sahithya and jatis. This special Varnam covers environmental issues, women’s rights and children’s education, just as our great leaders Mahatma Gandhi and APJ Abdul Kalam have echoed. This book contains detailed hand-written notations with lyrics separately identified for the benefit of the reader. Wherever possible, the book provides photos of the composers and gives