Purvikalyani
Indian Classical Raga
Purvikalyani is a janya raga of the 53rd melakarta Gamanashrama in Carnatic music. It is a vakra shadava-sampurna raga, with six notes in the ascent and seven in the descent. Its lower tetrachord uses Panthuvarali-like swaras and its upper tetrachord uses Kalyani-like swaras, which the name reflects. It carries shringara, adbhuta and shanta rasas.
Scale
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View all compositions →Composer: Purandara Daasar
Composer: Kovai Subri
Composer: Paapanaasam Shivan
Composer: Tulaseevanam
Composer: Neelakaanta Shivan
Composer: Paapanaasam Shivan
Close relatives
Ragas whose scale differs from Purvikalyani's by a note or two.
- Gamakakriya
the same notes, moving differently
- Anilamadhya
leaves out G3 going up
- Animadhya
leaves out G3 going up
- Gamanasrama
adds N3 going up
- Hamsanarayani
leaves out D2
- Mecakangi
adds N3 going up