Reetigowla

Reethigowla, Reethi Gowla or Reethigowlai is a janya raga in carnatic music.

It is Vakra Shadava-Sampoorna (Zig-zag raga with six notes in Arohana and seven in Avarohana).

[1] It is a Rakthi Ragam with unique and melodious Sancharams and Prayogams.

This Raga invokes Bhakti mixed with immense joy through a Vadi-Samvadi relationship between many of its swaras such as Sa-Ma, Ri-Dha and Ga-Ni.

In the Muthuswami Dikshitar school, it is a melakarta known as Nārīrītigowla.

Shri Nilotpala Nayike, Reethigowlai, rendered on the Veena by L Ramakishnan