Jhalavarali
Jhalavarali (pronounced , meaning "A moon with the sun's heat"), is a ragam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the 39th "Melakarta" rāgam in the 72 "melakarta" rāgam system of Carnatic music. It is called in Muthuswami Dikshitar school of Carnatic music. Structure and Lakshana. It is the 3rd rāgam in the 7th "chakra Rishi". The mnemonic name is "Rishi-Go". The mnemonic phrase is "sa ra ga mi pa dha nu". Its "" structure (ascending and descending scale) is as follows (see "swaras" in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms ): (the notes in this scale : "shuddha rishabham, shuddha gandharam, prati madhyamam, shuddha dhaivatham, kakali nishadham") As it is a "melakarta" rāgam, by definition it is a "sampoorna" rāgam (has all seven notes in ascending and descending scale). It is the "prati madhyamam" equivalent of "Ganamoorti", which is the 3rd "melakarta". Section::::"Janya rāgams". Jhalavarali has a few "janya" rāgams (derived scale) associated with it, of which "Varali" is very popular. See List of "janya" rāgams for full list of rāgams associated with "Jhalavarali". Compositions. A few compositions set to "Jhalavarali" are: Related rāgams. This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect  of this rāgam. "Jhalavarali's" notes when shifted using "Graha bhedam", yields no other "melakarta" rāgam, like all 6 rāgams in the "Rishi" chakra ("Salagam, Jalarnavam, Navaneetam, Pavani" and "Raghupriya" being the other 5). Only these rāgams have a gap of 3 notes anywhere in their scale, between G1|to M2. Such a gap does not occur in any other "melakarta" by definition.