raagawheel

Mela 6Indu chakraM1

Tanarupi

The name is the number

Tanarupi

Tata6nana060 reversed6

Dental ta = 6 (ta-varga), not retroflex ṭa = 1.

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

SSR1R1G1G1M1M1PPD3D3N3N3SS (upper octave)

SS (upper octave)N3N3D3D3PPM1M1G1G1R1R1SS

How to know it

Doubly vivadi — R1 against G1 below and D3 against N3 above — giving it one of the most angular sounds of all 72 melas.

Hear it in songs

  • Va Velava Va Mavalava

    Koteeswara Iyer · Khanda Chapu

    From the Kanda Ganamutham 72-melakarta cycle.

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