raagawheel

Janya of mela 22Kharaharapriya

Madhyamavati

SSR2R2M1M1PPN2N2SS (upper octave)

SS (upper octave)N2N2PPM1M1R2R2SS

How to know it

Audava–Audava

Jeeva swaras — the life notes:R2R2PP

Cool, auspicious and settling — the raga of benedictions, traditionally sung at the close of a concert; its rasa is shanta, bhakti.

Family

Parent · Mela 22Kharaharapriya

Hear it in songs

  • Palinchu Kamakshi

    Syama Sastri · Adi

    Syama Sastri's plea to Kamakshi, among the raga's weightiest kritis.

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  • Vinayakuni Valenu Brovave

    Thyagaraja · Adi

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  • Dharmasamvardhani

    Muthuswami Dikshitar · Rupakam

    On the goddess of Tiruvaiyaru, Thyagaraja's own town.

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  • Adivo Alladivo

    Annamacharya

    A 15th-century Annamacharya sankirtana on Tirumala, popularized in the 20th century in a Madhyamavati setting.

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