Malahari


Malahari is a Carnatic raga. This raaga is a janya of the 15th Melakarta raga Mayamalavagowla. This raga is known to be a morning raga which brings out a sense of calmness. It is associated with the rainy season.
In classical carnatic training, it is often used as a raaga for beginners using geetha right after the swara-based exercises in Mayamalavagowla. Many of the Geetha's in this raga have been composed by Purandara Dasa and Muthuswami Dikshitar.

Structure and Lakshana

This raga is an asymmetric scale and is classified as an audava-shadava raga.
The notes in this scale are 'shuddha rishabha, shuddha madhyama, shuddha dhaivata in arohana and additional antara gandhara in avarohana. Since this scale does not have a nishadha'', it can be derived from Gayakapriya or Vakulabharanam too, but has been traditionally associated with Mayamalavagowla as the parent.

Select compositions

Geeta's

This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rāga.

Scale similarities