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Rāga River
The 72 melakartas arranged as a wheel, with their jānya ragas flowing outward as tributaries. Click any melakarta to see its family, hear its scale, and explore the relationships that form the foundation of Carnatic music.
Rāga River
The 72 Melakarta Wheel
Venkatamakhin's Caturdaṇḍī Prakāśikā (1620 CE) — six super-groups of twelve
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Click a melakarta
Select any node on the wheel to see its arōhaṇa-avarōhaṇa, hear the scale, and follow its janya tributaries outward.
72 melakartas·42 janyas
Gold dots mark melakartas with janya offspring in the catalog.
Chakra groups
Indu + Netra
Agni + Veda
Bāṇa + Ṛtu
Ṛṣi + Vasu
Brahma + Diśi
Rudra + Āditya