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Mela 30Bana chakraM1

Naganandini

The name is the number

Naganandini

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

SSR2R2G3G3M1M1PPD3D3N3N3SS (upper octave)

SS (upper octave)N3N3D3D3PPM1M1G3G3R2R2SS

How to know it

A Sankarabharanam-like brightness given an unsettled edge by the vivadi shatsruti dhaivatam.

Hear it in songs

  • Satta Leni Dinamulu

    Tyagaraja · Adi

    Tyagaraja laments the lawless days of Kali yuga in this rare vivadi-mela krithi.

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  • Nagabharanam

    Muthuswami Dikshitar

    Composed under the asampurna mela name Nagabharanam, the Dikshitar school's equivalent of mela 30.

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  • Naa Yen Unnai

    Koteeswara Iyer

    From Kanda Ganamutham, Koteeswara Iyer's cycle of Tamil krithis on Muruga covering all 72 melakartas.

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