Raga Kalyani - Varnam | Dr L Subramaniam | (Live at Sydney, Australia)

Dr L Subramaniam plays Raga #Kalyani at the Sydney Music Festival, #Australia.
Special thanks to Swaralaya Fine Arts Society for getting this on the video.

Accompanied by DSR Murthy (Mridangam) & Ghantasala Satya Sai (Morsing)

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About the Raga:
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.
n South Indian weddings it is a very prominently played raga. The word Kalyani means she who causes auspicious things. 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. It was obtained by the process of Graha Bhedam or modal shift of tonic of the ancient Shadja Grama.
Structure and Lakshana -
It is the 5th ragam in the 11th chakra Rudra. The mnemonic name is Rudra-Ma. The mnemonic phrase is sa ri gu mi pa dhi (or 'di') nu. Its arohana-avarohana structure is as follows (see swaras in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms):

arohana: S R₂ G₃ M₂ P D₂ N₃ Ṡ[a]
avarohana: Ṡ N₃ D₂ P M₂ G₃ R₂ S[b]

The notes used in this scale are shadjam, chatushruti rishabam, antara gandharam, prati madhyamam, chatushruti dhaivatam, kakali nishadam. It is a Sampurna raga in Carnatic music, that is to say, has all the seven notes: Sa, Ri, Ga, Ma, Pa, Dha, Ni. It is the prati madhyamam equivalent of Dheerasankarabharanam, which is the 29th melakarta. This raga is very significant to the chart, because it is sung with all higher notes.

What is Varnam?
Varṇam is a form of song in the Carnatic music repertoire consisting of short metric pieces which encapsulate the main features and requirements of a raga. The features and rules of the raga (also known as the sanchaaraas of a raga) include how each note of the raga should be stressed, the scale of the raga, and so on.

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