Janya raga · parent: 22. Kharaharapriya

Deva Manohari

● Confidence: high Last verified: 12 Oct 2026

Scale

Derived from the printed scale: shadava in both ascent and descent (6 notes up, 6 down); G are omitted (varjya) in both directions; vakra (zigzag) in the descent; upanga (only notes of its parent).

Beginner's explanation

Deva Manohari is a janya raga : it is derived from the melakarta Kharaharapriya (number 22), which means it takes its notes from that parent's scale. It uses only notes of its parent, so it is an Upanga raga.

Going up, its notes are S R2 M1 P D2 N2 S'; coming down, S' N2 D2 N2 P M1 R2 S. Its ascent and descent each use 6 different notes (Shadava ). Notes of the parent that it leaves out are Varjya : G in both directions. The path is Vakra (zigzag) coming down: some notes are visited out of straight order.

If Sa is C on a keyboard, the notes it uses fall on C, D, F, G, A, B♭. This only shows where the notes sit: a raga is more than its notes, and its ornaments and phrases are not shown here.

A bit deeper

Its parent. Deva Manohari is placed under Kharaharapriya (melakarta 22) by karnatik.com, the source for this page's parent. Of the parent's seven notes it does not use G2.

Other possible parents. Because Deva Manohari leaves out some notes, 2 melakartas contain every one of its notes (Kharaharapriya and Harikambhoji). Books usually pick one by convention, and different books can pick differently.

Same notes, different raga. Andolika and Narayani use exactly the same set of notes as Deva Manohari but differ in the path, the ornaments or the phrases.

Why start here? How likely you are to meet it

●●● (rating 3 of 3: 1 = met very often)

Rating 3 of 3 (editorial, a rough guide to how often you are likely to meet this raga): it is not among the top 100 ragas in karnatik.com's tally of compositions per raga (based on a list of 38,000 songs), so a beginner will meet it less often. A 1 means met very often and 3 means met rarely. It says nothing about how hard the raga is to sing, which depends on its ornaments and is not rated here. The tally counts songs by raga name and dates from 2011.

Characteristic features

Key notes, characteristic phrases and ornaments are not recorded here yet: they could not be confirmed from two sources, and this site leaves them out rather than guess.

Where the notes sit

Related ragas

• 22. Kharaharapriya
• Andolika
• Narayani

Compare with another raga

Notable compositions (titles only)

Songs listed for this raga on karnatik.com by composers covered on this site. Lists are community-compiled, so a missing song does not mean it does not exist. Talas are as the source names them; no lyrics are reproduced.

Muthuswami Dikshitar

• Bharati Maddhisana Rupaka·Sanskrit
• Mahadevena Palitosmyaham Adi·Sanskrit
• Tripura Sundari Namostute Adi·Sanskrit

Papanasam Sivan

• Kal Mari Adum Tamil
• Shri Ganapatiye Adi·Tamil
• Tandai Tai Tamil
• Unnait-tudikka Arul Ta Tamil
• Vandarulvai Muruga Tamil

Swati Tirunal

• Sahasaratha Vimathana Adi

Tyagaraja

• Evarikai Avataram Adi·Telugu
• Kanna Tandri Napai Desadi·Telugu
• Kula Birudunu Rupaka·Telugu
• Mrtyunjaya Krpakara Rupaka·Telugu

How this was checked

• Sources agree: Scale of Deva Manohari: ascent S R2 M1 P D2 N2 S'; descent S' N2 D2 N2 P M1 R2 S. Sources: Royal Carpet: Carnatic Ragas; List of Janya ragas. The ascent and descent printed by karnatik.com match the scale in Wikipedia's table.
• Sources agree: Deva Manohari is a janya of melakarta number 22, Kharaharapriya. Sources: Royal Carpet: Carnatic Ragas; Royal Carpet: Introduction to Carnatic Raga (the melakarta ragas). Parent per karnatik.com. Consistency check: every note of the raga is in the parent's scale (the parent's own scale is confirmed in two sources).