Janya raga · parent: 8. Hanumatodi

Punnagavarali

◐ Confidence: medium Last verified: 12 Oct 2026

Scale

Derived from the printed scale: sampurna in both ascent and descent (7 notes up, 7 down); upanga (only notes of its parent).

Beginner's explanation

Punnagavarali is a janya raga : it is derived from the melakarta Hanumatodi (number 8), 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 N2, S R1 G2 M1 P D1 N2; coming down, N2 D1 P M1 G2 R1 S N2,. Its ascent and descent each use 7 different notes (Sampurna ).

If Sa is C on a keyboard, the notes it uses fall on C, D♭, E♭, 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. Punnagavarali is placed under Hanumatodi (melakarta 8) by karnatik.com, the source for this page's parent. It uses all of the parent's notes.

Same notes, different raga. Asaveri, Deshyathodi, Dhanyasi and Dhanashree use exactly the same set of notes as Punnagavarali but differ in the path, the ornaments or the phrases.

Why start here? How likely you are to meet it

●●○ (rating 2 of 3: 1 = met very often)

Rating 2 of 3 (editorial, a rough guide to how often you are likely to meet this raga): karnatik.com's tally of compositions per raga (based on a list of 38,000 songs) places it in the top 100, with 289 compositions. 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

• 8. Hanumatodi
• Asaveri
• Deshyathodi
• Dhanyasi
• Dhanashree

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.

Papanasam Sivan

• Shivaganga Nagara Adi·Tamil
• Un Padame Adi·Tamil

Tyagaraja

• E Nomu Nocitimo Telugu
• Evaru Teliyanu Telugu
• Gandhamu Puyyaruga Adi·Telugu
• Idi Niku Meragadura Adi·Telugu
• Induka I Tanuvunu Triputa·Telugu
• Inta Bhagyamani Telugu
• Krshna Makemi Triputa·Telugu
• Manasa Sancarare Triputa·Sanskrit
• Namo Namo Raghavaya Rupaka·Sanskrit
• Pahi Kalyanasundara Telugu
• Tava Dasoham Adi·Telugu

How this was checked

• Partly agree: Scale of Punnagavarali: ascent N2, S R1 G2 M1 P D1 N2; descent N2 D1 P M1 G2 R1 S N2,. Sources: Royal Carpet: Carnatic Ragas; List of Janya ragas. The two sources differ; see Variations & debates.
• Sources agree: Punnagavarali is a janya of melakarta number 8, Hanumatodi. 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).