SSR2R2G3G3PPD2D2SS (upper octave)
SS (upper octave)D2D2PPG3G3R2R2SS
How to know it
Audava–Audava
Jeeva swaras — the life notes:G3G3D2D2
Bright, majestic and instantly singable — the major pentatonic of Carnatic music, equally at home in a weighty alapana and a film melody; its rasa is shringara, bhakti.
Family
Parent · Mela 28HarikambhojiSibling janyas of Harikambhoji
Hear it in songs
Ninnukori
Ramnad (Poochi) Srinivasa Iyengar · Adi
The standard Adi tala varnam in Mohanam, a near-universal early lesson and concert opener.
Nannu Palimpa
Thyagaraja · Adi
Said to have been sung as Thyagaraja beheld a procession of Rama's idol; a stately, unhurried Mohanam.
Mohana Rama
Thyagaraja · Adi
Carries the raga's name punningly into the deity's: the 'enchanting' Rama.
Kapali
Papanasam Sivan · Adi
Papanasam Sivan's celebrated Tamil kriti on Shiva of Mylapore.