raagawheel

Mela 67Aditya chakraM2

Sucharitra

The name is the number

Sucharitra

Susa7chaca676 reversed67

English 'ch' here is ca = 6 (as in Chakravakam), not cha = 7.

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

SSR3R3G3G3M2M2PPD1D1N1N1SS (upper octave)

SS (upper octave)N1N1D1D1PPM2M2G3G3R3R3SS

How to know it

Severe and angular, with vivadi clusters at both ends of the scale.

Hear it in songs

  • Velu Mayilume

    Koteeswara Iyer · Rupaka

    The Sucharitra entry in the Kanda Ganamutham 72-melakarta cycle.

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  • Chintayami Santatam

    M. Balamuralikrishna

    Balamuralikrishna, like Koteeswara Iyer before him, composed across all 72 melakartas.

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