be used for Graha bhedam on madhyamam and rishabham to result in Simhendramadhyamam and Rasikapriya respectively. Graha bhedam is the step taken in keeping the relative note frequencies same, while shifting the Shruti (or drone) to another note in the rāgam. For further details and an illustration refer Graha bhedam on Māyamālavagowla. Janya ragams Mayamalavagowla has quite a few janya ragams associated with it, of which Bowli, Jaganmohini, Gowla, Gowlipantu, Janaranjini, Lalita, Nadanamakriya, Revagupti, Saveri and Malahari are quite well known. See List of janya Ragas for a full list of janyas. Popular compositions All the basic swara exercises (Sarala, Janti, Daatu, etc.) are set to the Mayamalavagowla raga. These are learnt by beginners in Carnatic music. It is commonly used in the basics, credited to Purandara Dasa's work in his time, when he did much work towards standardizing the teaching of Carnatic music into a fully graded system. Lambodara lakumikara by Purandaradasa is generally used for this raga. The first mini-songs (geetam) that are taught after the completion of basic exercises are set to Malahari, a janya of Mayamalavagowla. Muthuswami Dikshitar's famous kritis (eight compositions with their raga names ending as gowla), on Goddess Nilothpalamba has for one of them. Some of the popular compositions in Mayamalavagowla are Deva Deva composed by Swathi Thirunal and Adikkondar by Muthu Thandavar. A list of popular compositions in Mayamalalavagowla is as follows. Varṇaṃ - śrī rājarājēśvari – [Unknown Composer] tulasī daḻamulacē saṃtōṣamuga – Tyagaraja in Telugu Mēru-samāna-dhira – Tyagaraja in Telugu Dēvī Śrī tulasammā – Tyagaraja in Telugu Vidulaku Mrokkeda – Tyagaraja in Telugu Dēva Dēva Kalayāmi – Swathi Thirunal Kailāsa nilaya dayāsāgara - Mahesh Mahadev in Sanskrit Māyātīta Svarūpiṇi – Ponnaiyya Pillai (Direct Disciple of Muthuswami Dikshitar) in Sanskrit Śrīnāthādi Guruguho jayati – Muthuswami Dikshitar (The very first composition of Muthuswami Dikshitar) in Sanskrit Śyāmalāmbikē pāhi māṃ – Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna ādityaṃ dēvādi-dēvaṃ akhilāṇḍa-nāthaṃ āśrayē – Muthiah Bhagavatar Dina-maṇi-vaṃśa dīna-janāvana – Muthiah Bhagavatar Hara mṛtyuñjaya ambikā-nāyaka hari kamalāsana – Muthiah Bhagavatar Popular Adithala Varnam- Sarasija-nābha – Swathi Thirunal Ambā yuvati jaganmātē akhila-janani dayānidhē – Ashok R Madhav Avadh sukhdāyi bājē badhāyī ratan simhāsan par – Swathi Thirunal Bhaja rē mānasa vraja-bālaṃ – Swarajāti – H Yoganarasimhan Caraṇaṃ śaraṇaṃ ayyappā – Ganapati Sacchidananda Cintayāmi santataṃ – G Sampath Cintaye'haṃ jānaki-kāntaṃ santataṃ cintitārtha – Mysore Vasudevacharya Daśaratha-nandana – Mysore Vasudevacharya Dēva-dēveśa – R K Suryanarayana Dēva-dēvōttama – Govindacharya Dēvi kāmākṣi para-śiva-dēhārtha – Ogirala