Malayamarutam

Malayamarutam is a rāgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is a janya rāgam (derived scale), as it does not have all the seven swaras (musical notes). This scale is used in Hindustani music in recent years by instrumentalists. This is a morning raga and regularly used in programmes and functions of the mornings.

Structure and Lakshana


Malayamarutam is a symmetric rāgam that does not contain madhyamam. It is a hexatonic scale (shadava-shadava rāgam in Carnatic music classification). Its  structure (ascending and descending scale) is as follows (see swaras in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms):


 * Arohana :
 * Avarohana :

The notes used in this scale are shadjam, shuddha rishabham, antara gandharam, panchamam, chathusruthi dhaivatham and kaisiki nishadam. Malayamarutam is considered a janya rāgam of Chakravakam, the 16th Melakarta rāgam, though it can be derived from Ramapriya also, by dropping madhyamam.

Popular compositions
Malayamarutam is a pleasing scale, but has only a few compositions in classical music. It has been used to score film music as well. Here are some popular kritis composed in Malayamarutam.
 * "Dhanyadevudo"by Patnam Subramania Iyer
 * Manasa Etulothune by Tyagaraja
 * Karpaga Manohara by Papanasam Sivan
 * Karunaanidiye Eesha and Smarane Onde by Purandara Dasa
 * Anumane Saamikindha by Arunachala Kavi
 * Dayai puriya by Mayuram vedanayagampillai
 * Chandiran oli by Subramanya Bharati
 * Navaratna Vilasa by Kalyani Varadarajan
 * Film song:Usha Kiranangal(Guruvayoor Kesavan-G Devarajan Master)
 * Film song: Pularkala sundara (Oru Maymasa Pulariyil)

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

Scale similarities

 * Valaji is a rāgam which does not have shuddha rishabham in both ascending and descending scales compared to Malayamarutam. Its  structure is S G3 P D2 N2 S : S N2 D2 P G3 S
 * Rasikaranjani is a ragam that does not have the nishadham in both arohana and avarohana compared to Malayamarutam.