SSR1R1M1M1PPN2N2SS (upper octave)
SS (upper octave)N2N2PPM1M1R1R1SS
How to know it
Audava–Audava
Jeeva swaras — the life notes:R1R1N2N2
Chant-like and austere — the suddha rishabha against kaisiki nishada evokes Vedic recitation and a spacious, devotional calm; its rasa is bhakti, shanta.
Family
Parent · Mela 2RatnangiHear it in songs
Nanati Baduku
Annamacharya
Annamacharya's meditation on life's transience, set in Revati in the 20th century and now inseparable from the raga.
Bho Shambho
Swami Dayananda Saraswati · Adi
A modern composition on Shiva that became a concert and dance favorite, popularized by Maharajapuram Santhanam.
Mahadeva Siva Shambho
Tanjavur Sankara Iyer
One of the best-known 20th-century kritis composed directly in Revati.
Thillana in Revati
Lalgudi Jayaraman
A signature Lalgudi thillana, ubiquitous on the Bharatanatyam stage.