Nada Kalyani


Nada Kalyani is a rāga in Carnatic music created by music composer Mahesh Mahadev who has created many ragas in classical music. Nada Kalyani 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 third and sixth note is omitted in ascending. This rāgam is named as Nada Kalyan in Hindustani music.

Structure and Lakshana

Nada Kalyani is an asymmetric rāgam does not contain gandharam and dhaivatam in the ascending scale. It is an audava-sampurna rāgam. The structure of this raga as follows.
  • [Arohana|]:
  • [Avarohana|]:
The notes used in this scale are shadjam, chatushūruti rishabam, prati madhyamam, panchamam, kakali nishadam in the ascending, antara gandharam 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 and sung by Priyadarshini