Mela 1Indu chakraM1
Kanakangi
also known as Kanakambari
The name is the number
Kanakangi
Every mela name encodes its own number — how the katapayadi sutra works.
SSR1R1G1G1M1M1PPD1D1N1N1SS (upper octave)
SS (upper octave)N1N1D1D1PPM1M1G1G1R1R1SS
How to know it
A stark, austere scale built entirely of the lowest variety of every swara — heard more in lecture-demonstrations and mela cycles than in mainstream concerts.
Hear it in songs
Kanakangaka Sukha Guha
Koteeswara Iyer · Adi
From Kanda Ganamutham, Koteeswara Iyer's Tamil cycle on Muruga covering all 72 melakartas; the raga mudra 'Kanakangi' is woven into the opening words.
Kanakambari Karunyamrita Lahari
Muthuswami Dikshitar · Rupakam
Dikshitar followed the asampurna mela scheme, so this kriti names the mela 'Kanakambari' rather than Kanakangi.