Janya raga · parent: 15. Mayamalavagowla

Saveri

● Confidence: high Last verified: 12 Oct 2026

Scale

Derived from the printed scale: audava in the ascent and sampurna in the descent (5 notes up, 7 down); varjya: G and N in the ascent; none in the descent; upanga (only notes of its parent).

Beginner's explanation

Saveri is a janya raga : it is derived from the melakarta Mayamalavagowla (number 15), 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 R1 M1 P D1 S'; coming down, S' N3 D1 P M1 G3 R1 S. Its ascent uses 5 different notes and its descent 7. Notes of the parent that it leaves out are Varjya : G and N going up, none coming down.

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. Saveri is placed under Mayamalavagowla (melakarta 15) by karnatik.com, the source for this page's parent. It uses all of the parent's notes.

Same notes, different raga. Chayagowla, Gowlipantu, Gowri, Gundakriya and Gurjari use exactly the same set of notes as Saveri but differ in the path, the ornaments or the phrases.

Why start here? How likely you are to meet it

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

Rating 1 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) gives it 465, one of the most-composed ragas. 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

• 15. Mayamalavagowla
• Chayagowla
• Gowlipantu
• Gowri
• Gundakriya
• Gurjari

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

• Kallada Ezhaiyallavo Adi·Tamil

Tyagaraja

• Balamu Kulamu Rupaka·Telugu
• Calu Calu Triputa·Telugu
• Inta Tamasamaite Telugu
• Intakanna Delpa Telugu
• Je Je Sitaram Telugu
• Kanna Talli Nivu Adi·Telugu
• Kantakulanu Telugu
• Karmame Balavanta Telugu
• Nivu Brovavalenamma Adi·Telugu
• Parasakti Manuparada Adi·Telugu
• Rama Bana Adi·Telugu
• Ramabhirama Raghurama Jhampa·Telugu
• Ramam Bhajeham Adi·Telugu
• Samsaramulaite Adi·Telugu
• Shri Rama Rama Shritulamu Telugu
• Shri Rama Rama Sita Adi·Telugu
• Shri Ramacandra Adi·Telugu
• Tiruna Loni Jhampa·Telugu

How this was checked

• Sources agree: Scale of Saveri: ascent S R1 M1 P D1 S'; descent S' N3 D1 P M1 G3 R1 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: Saveri is a janya of melakarta number 15, Mayamalavagowla. 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).