Kalyanavasantam


Kalyanavasantam is a rāgam in Carnatic music. It is a janya rāgam from the 21st melakarta scale Keeravani. It is a janya scale, as it does not have all the seven swaras in the ascending scale. It is a combination of the pentatonic scale Chandrakauns of Hindusthani music and the sampurna raga scale Keeravani.

Structure and Lakshana

Kalyanavasantam is an asymmetric rāgam that does not contain rishabham or panchamam in the ascending scale. It is an audava-sampurna rāgam. Its structure is as follows:
The notes used in this scale are shadjam, sadharana gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, shuddha dhaivatham and kakali nishadham in ascending scale, with panchamam and chathusruthi rishabham included in descending scale. For the details of the notations and terms, see swaras in Carnatic music.

Popular compositions

There are a few compositions set to Kalyanavasantam rāgam. Here are some popular kritis composed in Kalyanavasantam.

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Related rāgams

This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rāgam.

Scale similarities