Of bhakti and karuna!

Hanumatodi is the name of the popular raga Todi to suit the Katapayadi Sankhya. It is the eighth Melakartha and is the second mela in the second Netra Chakra.
Known as Janatodi in the Asampurna Mela Padhati, it is the equivalent of the Bhairavi That in Hindustani Music. The notes taken are sr1g1mpd1n1 and it is a mela having symmetrical tetrachords.It is a major ragam in carnatic music and said to have had its origins from the rishabha murchana of the sadja gramam.
The rasas associated with Todi are mainly bhakti and karuna. Todi is a murcchanakaraka melam, where from the notes r,g,m,d,n during process of model shift of tonic or graha bhedam produces ragas Mechakalyani, Harikambhoji, Natabhairavi, Dheerashankarabharanam and Kharaharapriya. Todi is an ancient raga and finds mention in treatises like Sangita Ratnakara of Sarangadeva, Sangita Samaya Sara of Parsvadeva, Sangita Saramrita or Tulaja Maharaja and Somanatha’s Raga Vibhodha. All types of musical forms from Gitam to Padams have been featured and all the trinity have composed in this raga.
Some popular Tyagaraja compositions include Kaddanuvariki, Emijesite, Muthuswami Dikshitar’s Kamalambike (Kamalamba Navavarnams), Sri Subrahmanyomam, Mahaganapatim, Srikrishnambhaja, Syama Sastri’s Ninne namminanu, Rave Himagirikumari (one of the popular Svarajatis), Svati Tirunal’s Bharati Mamava, (Navaratri Kriti), Papanasam Sivans’ Kartikeya Kangeya and Tha Thai of Gopalakrishna Bharati.
The Modern Phrygian Mode is equivalent to Todi. Todi is seen in the Maqams of Arabic Music, Yiddish songs, Klezmer music, Russian Folk songs, Jazz and Middle Eastern Music where it is known as the Maqam Kurd. In the court of King Serafogi Maharaja, it is said that Sitaramayya, a versatile musician, sang Todi raga for eight days continuously thus earning him the title of Todi Sitaramayya.
Tiruvavaduturai Nagasvara Chakravarthi Rajaratnam Pillai’s name actually became tantamount with Todi for his deft handling of this raga. It is featured in Tamil film melodies including Thodiyil Paadi Vandhen from Thodi Ragam, Neeye gathi esvari from Vanangamudi, the popular ragamalika melody Oru Nal Poduma from Tiruvilaiyadal has the lines Ezuntodi varuvayamma based on this raga and Gangaikkarai from Varusham 16.