raagawheel

Mela 21Veda chakraM1

Keeravani

also known as Kiravani, Kirvani

The name is the number

Keeravani

Keeka1rara212 reversed21

Every mela name encodes its own number — how the katapayadi sutra works.

SSR2R2G2G2M1M1PPD1D1N3N3SS (upper octave)

SS (upper octave)N3N3D1D1PPM1M1G2G2R2R2SS

How to know it

Lush and intensely emotive — the harmonic minor scale, equally at home in a kutcheri and a film score; its rasa is Karuna, Bhakti.

Hear it in songs

  • Kaligiyunte Gada

    Tyagaraja

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  • Panchabhuta Kiranavalim Chandra Maulim

    Muthuswami Dikshitar

    Composed in Kiranavali, the Dikshitar school's asampurna name for the 21st mela, woven into the lyric itself.

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In film music

  • Meri Bheegi Bheegi Si

    Anamika · 1973

    A classic example of Hindustani Kirwani in Hindi film music.

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