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Kanakangi (pronounced kanakāngi, meaning the golden bodied one) is a ragam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the 1st Melakarta rāgam in the 72 melakarta rāgam system of Carnatic music. It is called Kanakāmbari in the Muthuswami Dikshitar school.

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  • Structure and Lakshana
  • Asampurna Melakarta
  • ''Janya'' rāgams
  • Popular compositions
  • Film Songs
  • Language: [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
  • Language: [[Kannada]]
  • Tamil Devotional Songs
  • Related rāgams
  • Notes
  • References

Kanakangi (pronounced kanakāngi, meaning the golden bodied one) is a ragam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the 1st Melakarta rāgam in the 72 melakarta rāgam system of Carnatic music. It is called Kanakāmbari in the Muthuswami Dikshitar school.

== Structure and Lakshana == thumb|right|300px|Kanakangi scale with shadjam at C

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