Mela 58Disi chakraM2
Hemavati
also known as Desisimharavam, Simharavam
The name is the number
Hemavati
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Every mela name encodes its own number — how the katapayadi sutra works.
SSR2R2G2G2M2M2PPD2D2N2N2SS (upper octave)
SS (upper octave)N2N2D2D2PPM2M2G2G2R2R2SS
How to know it
Mellow and contemplative — a soft minor colour brightened by chatusruti dhaivata, unfolding best in unhurried alapana.
Hear it in songs
Sri Kanthimatim
Muthuswami Dikshitar · Adi
On goddess Kanthimati of Tirunelveli, with the raga mudra 'Hemavati' woven into the lyric; the Dikshitar school knows the mela as Simharavam/Desisimharavam.
Manathe
Koteeswara Iyer · Rupaka
The Hemavati entry in Kanda Ganamutham, his 72-melakarta cycle.