Janya of mela 15Mayamalavagowla
Malahari
SSR1R1M1M1PPD1D1SS (upper octave)
SS (upper octave)D1D1PPM1M1G3G3R1R1SS
How to know it
Audava–Shadava
Simple, stately and auspicious — the raga in which virtually every Carnatic student sings their first geethams; its rasa is shanta; traditionally sung in the morning.
Family
Parent · Mela 15MayamalavagowlaSibling janyas of Mayamalavagowla
Hear it in songs
Sri Gananatha
Purandara Dasa · Rupakam
The first of the pillari geethams ('Lambodara Lakumikara') with which formal Carnatic training traditionally begins.
Kunda Gaura
Purandara Dasa · Rupakam
Another of the Malahari pillari geethams on Siva.
Panchamatanga Mukha Ganapatina
Muthuswami Dikshitar · Rupakam