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.
Ekamranatham Bhajeham
Muthuswami Dikshitar · Adi
Also in Gamakakriya, on Ekamranatha of Kanchipuram.
Ihame Sukham Tarum
Koteeswara Iyer · Adi
The Gamanashrama entry in Kanda Ganamutham, Koteeswara Iyer's 72-melakarta cycle.