Mela 3Indu chakraM1
Ganamurti
The name is the number
Ganamurti
Gaga3nana030 reversed3
Every mela name encodes its own number — how the katapayadi sutra works.
SSR1R1G1G1M1M1PPD1D1N3N3SS (upper octave)
SS (upper octave)N3N3D1D1PPM1M1G1G1R1R1SS
How to know it
The kakali nishada against suddha dhaivata lends this vivadi mela a plaintive, keening edge.
Hear it in songs
Ganamurte Sri Krishna
Thyagaraja · Adi
One of Thyagaraja's rare Sanskrit kritis, carrying the raga mudra 'Ganamurte' in its opening; it is virtually the only piece by which most listeners know this mela.
Ma Madhura Sarasa
Koteeswara Iyer · Adi
From the Kanda Ganamutham 72-melakarta cycle.