Bowli

Bowli is a Carnatic raga (also spelled as Bauli or Bhauli ). This raga is a janya of the 15th Melakarta raga Mayamalavagowla. This raga is known to be a morning raga.

Structure and Lakshana


This ragam is an asymmetric scale and is classified as an audava-shadava ragam (five notes in the ascending scale and six notes in the descending scale).


 * Arohana:
 * Avarohana:

The notes in this scale are shuddha rishabham, antara gandharam, panchamam and shuddha dhaivatam in arohana and additional kakali nishadham in avarohanam.

Kritis

 * Sriman Narayana in Adi talam composed by Annamacharya,
 * Melukovayya in Jhampa talam composed by Tyagaraja, an utsava sampradaya kriti is well known in this raga.
 * Tappulanniyu in Rupakam composed by Muthiah Bhagavatar
 * Parvati Nayaka in Adi talam composed by Swati Tirunal
 * Elu narayanane in Khanda chapu talam by Kanakadasa in Kannada
 * Elu Hanumantha in Mishra Nadai adi by Purandara Dasaru
 * Karunanidhiye thaye in Misra Chapu composed by Papanasam Sivan
 * Tandanene Ahi in Adi talam composed by Annamacharya
 * Sri Parvati Parameshvarau in Adi Talam composed by Muthuswami Dikshitar

Related rāgams
This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rāgam.

Scale similarities

 * Revagupti is a rāgam which has a symmetrical scale matching the ascending scale of Bowli (nishadham is entirely omitted). Its  structure is :