SSG2G2M1M1D1D1N2N2SS (upper octave)
SS (upper octave)N2N2D1D1M1M1G2G2SS
How to know it
Audava–Audava
Jeeva swaras — the life notes:G2G2D1D1
Deep, meditative and immediately recognizable — a sa-less-feeling swing between gandhara and dhaivata with no Ri or Pa at all; its rasa is bhakti, karuna.
Family
Parent · Mela 20NatabhairaviSibling janyas of Natabhairavi
Hear it in songs
Samajavaragamana
Thyagaraja · Adi
One of the ghana-popular Thyagaraja kritis on Rama, and the default introduction to Hindolam.
Neerajakshi Kamakshi
Muthuswami Dikshitar
Dikshitar's kriti on Kamakshi of Kanchipuram.
Maamavatu Sri Saraswati
Mysore Vasudevachar · Adi
A prayer to Saraswati that has become a staple teaching piece in Hindolam.