Malayamarutam

also known as Malayamarutham

SSR₁R1G₃G3PPD₂D2N₂N2SS (upper octave)

SS (upper octave)N₂N2D₂D2PPG₃G3R₁R1SS

How to know it

Shadava–Shadava

Fresh and breezy — the name means 'mountain wind', and the Ma-less symmetric scale moves with an airy lift; its rasa is bhakti.

Sibling janyas of Chakravakam

Manasa Etulortune
Thyagaraja · Rupakam
The raga's defining kriti, in which Thyagaraja chides his own mind.
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Karpaga Manohara
Papanasam Sivan · Khanda Chapu
On Kapaleeswarar of Mylapore.
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