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Mela 52Brahma chakraM2

Ramapriya

also known as Ramamanohari

The name is the number

Ramapriya

Rara2mama525 reversed52

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

SSR1R1G3G3M2M2PPD2D2N2N2SS (upper octave)

SS (upper octave)N2N2D2D2PPM2M2G3G3R1R1SS

How to know it

Bright and faintly wistful — a shuddha rishabha opening that blossoms into a sunny upper tetrachord of chatusruti dhaivata and kaisiki nishada.

Hear it in songs

  • Sandehamunu Tirpumayya

    Tyagaraja · Adi

    Tyagaraja is credited with pioneering concert use of Ramapriya.

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  • Matangi Sri Rajarajeshwari

    Muthuswami Dikshitar · Rupaka

    Composed in Ramamanohari, the Dikshitar-school asampurna name for mela 52.

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