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Varali

Indian Classical Raga

Varali is a janya raga of the 39th melakarta Jhalavarali in Carnatic music. It is a vakra sampoorna raga using all seven notes, with characteristic ornamentation on gandharam, madhyamam and nishadam, and is the Ghana raga that uses prati madhyamam. Its rasa is karuna (pathos) and shringara, expressing grief, sorrow and the pangs of separation. It can be sung at any time of day (sarvakalika).

Scale

ArohanamS G1 R1 G1 M2 P D1 N3 S
AvarohanamS N3 D1 P M2 G1 R1 S
↑SR1G1G2G3M1M2PD1D2N2N3S'↓SR1G1G2G3M1M2PD1D2N2N3S'
Tradition
Carnatic
Mela
39
Parent Raga
Jhalavarali

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Close relatives

Ragas whose scale differs from Varali's by a note or two.

Janya ragas of Jhalavarali

Other ragas derived from the same parent melakarta (mela 39)