Bhavapriya

Bhavapriya is the 44th melakarta raga in the Carnatic 72 melakarta system, the second raga of the Vasu chakra. Its name means "the one dear to Bhava (Shiva)." It is the prati madhyamam equivalent of Hanumatodi, the eighth melakarta. Compositions in this raga include works by Tyagaraja, Muthuswami Dikshitar and Swathi Thirunal.