Mela 15Agni chakraM1
Mayamalavagowla
also known as Mayamalavagaula, Mayamalavagowlai
The name is the number
Mayamalavagowla
Mama5yaya151 reversed15
Every mela name encodes its own number — how the katapayadi sutra works.
SSR1R1G3G3M1M1PPD1D1N3N3SS (upper octave)
SS (upper octave)N3N3D1D1PPM1M1G3G3R1R1SS
How to know it
Serene and devotional — the sound of dawn practice sessions in every Carnatic household; its rasa is Bhakti, Karuna, Shanta; traditionally sung in the morning.
Janyas of Mayamalavagowla
Hear it in songs
Sri Nathadi Guruguho Jayati Jayati
Muthuswami Dikshitar · Adi
Traditionally held to be Dikshitar's very first composition, created at Tiruttani after his spiritual initiation.
Tulasi Dalamulache
Tyagaraja
Vidulaku Mrokkeda
Tyagaraja
A salutation to musicians and the masters of nada.
Deva Deva Kalayamite
Swati Tirunal