Carnatic Mela 2025

3. common upakkavadhyam instrument that is a pot.
5. the longest chaapu.
8. most common thalam with eight beats.
9. notable song by St. Thyagaraja in Mohanam, inspired by a portrait of Lord Rama given to him.
11. this is the ragam that Sri Lalithe by Annaswami Shasthri is set in.
12. primary instrument for string accompaniment.
13. oldest of the Carnatic Trinity.
14. a jathi with five beats.
16. this ragam is considered the king of all ragams.

1. most common thalam with three beats.
2. improvised swaras sung at a specific part of a song.
4. first melakartha raagam of the seventy-two raagams.
6. this is the ragam Akhilandeshwari Raksha Mam is set in.
7. this ragam is said to weaken or strain a guru’s relationship with their student if taught to them.
10. most common percussion accompaniment instrument.
15. this raagam is the third raagam sung in St. Thyagaraja’s famous Pancharatnam Kritis.