Mela 26Bana chakraM1
Charukesi
The name is the number
Charukesi
Chaca6rura262 reversed26
English 'Ch' here is unaspirated ca = 6, not aspirated cha = 7.
Every mela name encodes its own number — how the katapayadi sutra works.
SSR2R2G3G3M1M1PPD1D1N2N2SS (upper octave)
SS (upper octave)N2N2D1D1PPM1M1G3G3R2R2SS
How to know it
Poignant and yearning — a bright, major-like ascent that darkens with pathos above the panchamam; its rasa is Karuna, Bhakti.