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Mela 70Aditya chakraM2

Nasikabushani

also known as Nasikabhushani

The name is the number

Nasikabushani

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

SSR3R3G3G3M2M2PPD2D2N2N2SS (upper octave)

SS (upper octave)N2N2D2D2PPM2M2G3G3R3R3SS

How to know it

Startling yet strangely graceful — the friendliest of the vivadi ragas in this chakra.

Hear it in songs

  • Maravairi Ramani

    Tyagaraja · Adi

    Tyagaraja's lone Nasikabhushani kriti single-handedly keeps this vivadi mela in the active concert repertoire.

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  • Tandarul Ayya

    Koteeswara Iyer · Chapu

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

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