Mela 36Rutu chakraM1
Chalanata
The name is the number
Chalanata
Chaca6lala363 reversed36
English 'Ch' spells unaspirated ca = 6 (Calanāṭa), not cha = 7.
Every mela name encodes its own number — how the katapayadi sutra works.
SSR3R3G3G3M1M1PPD3D3N3N3SS (upper octave)
SS (upper octave)N3N3D3D3PPM1M1G3G3R3R3SS
How to know it
Bold, bracing and ceremonial — both vivadi pairs at once, best known through its janya Nata.
Janyas of Chalanata
Hear it in songs
Edayya Gathi
Koteeswara Iyer
The best-known concert piece in Chalanata proper, from the Kanda Ganamutham cycle covering all 72 melakartas.
Rajadhiraja
Baluswami Dikshitar
A varnam by Muthuswami Dikshitar's younger brother, credited with introducing the violin to Carnatic music.