Raga Kalyani - Varnam | Dr L Subramaniam | (Live at Kennedy Center)

Dr L Subramaniam performs Kalyani Ragam - Varnam at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C., United States.

About the Ragam:
Kalyani is a melakarta raga (parent musical scale) in the Carnatic music. It was called Kalyan but is now more popularly called Yaman in Hindustani Music. Its Western equivalent is the Lydian mode.
The word Kalyani means she who causes auspicious things. It is the 65th melakarta raga under the Katapayadi sankhya. It is also called Mechakalyani. The notes for Kalyani are S R2 G3 M2 P D2 N3. Kalyani is the first Prathi Madhyama raga that was ever discovered.

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