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Mela 43Vasu chakraM2

Gavambodhi

The name is the number

Gavambodhi

Gaga3vamva434 reversed43

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

SSR1R1G2G2M2M2PPD1D1N1N1SS (upper octave)

SS (upper octave)N1N1D1D1PPM2M2G2G2R1R1SS

How to know it

A sombre, rarely heard scale — suddha dhaivata and suddha nishada flatten the upper half into a dark plateau.

Hear it in songs

  • Viraivagave Vinai Tira

    Koteeswara Iyer · Adi

    From Kanda Ganamutham, Koteeswara Iyer's Tamil krithi cycle on Muruga covering all 72 melakartas — the mainstay repertoire for rare melas like this one.

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