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Mela 53Brahma chakraM2

Gamanashrama

also known as Gamakakriya

The name is the number

Gamanashrama

Gaga3mama535 reversed53

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

SSR1R1G3G3M2M2PPD2D2N3N3SS (upper octave)

SS (upper octave)N3N3D2D2PPM2M2G3G3R1R1SS

How to know it

Luminous and yearning — best known through its janyas, it pairs the Poorvi-like lower half with a bright natural dhaivata.

Janyas of Gamanashrama

Hear it in songs

  • Meenakshi Memudam Dehi

    Muthuswami Dikshitar · Adi

    Composed in Gamakakriya, the Dikshitar-school asampurna form of mela 53; in practice it is sung in Purvikalyani.

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  • Ekamranatham Bhajeham

    Muthuswami Dikshitar · Adi

    Also in Gamakakriya, on Ekamranatha of Kanchipuram.

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  • Ihame Sukham Tarum

    Koteeswara Iyer · Adi

    The Gamanashrama entry in Kanda Ganamutham, Koteeswara Iyer's 72-melakarta cycle.

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