Amritha Kalyani


Amritha Kalyani is a rāga in Carnatic music created by music composer who has created many ragas. It is the Janya raga of 65th melakarta rāgam Mechakalyani in the 72 melakarta rāgam system of Carnatic music.
It is equivalent to Lydian mode of western music but the second and sixth note is omitted in ascending. This rāgam is also named as Amrith Kalyan Hindustani music.

Structure and Lakshana

Amritha Kalyani is an asymmetric rāgam does not contain rishabham and dhaivatam in the ascending scale. It is an audava-sampurna rāgam. Its structure is as follows.
  • [Arohana|]:
  • [Avarohana|]:
The notes used in this scale are shadjam, chatushūruti rishabam, antara gandharam, prati madhyamam, chatushruti dhaivatam, kakali nishadam in the ascending, chatushruti rishabham and chatushruti daivatam added in descending scale. It is a ''audava - sampurna rāgam''

Compositions

The composition in this rāgam
Achyutam Keshavam - composed by Mahesh Mahadev, sung by Priyadarshini
Ragapravaham - Ganesh Kumaresh