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Latangi

also known as Lathangi

The name is the number

Latangi

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

SSR2R2G3G3M2M2PPD1D1N3N3SS (upper octave)

SS (upper octave)N3N3D1D1PPM2M2G3G3R2R2SS

How to know it

Majestic and devotional, with a poignant ache lent by the lone flat note — the suddha dhaivatam.

Hear it in songs

  • Marivere Dikkevvaru

    Patnam Subramania Iyer · Khanda Chapu

    The signature Latangi kriti — for many concert-goers this piece IS the raga.

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  • Aparadhamulanniyu

    Patnam Subramania Iyer

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  • Kai Kuda Venume

    Koteeswara Iyer · Chapu

    The Latangi entry in the Kanda Ganamutham 72-melakarta cycle.

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In film music

  • Enge Enathu Kavithai

    Kandukondain Kandukondain · 2000

    A rare mainstream film outing for a heavy classical prati-madhyama mela — the charanam in particular settles squarely into Latangi.

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