English: Malahari ragam is a janya of 15th Melakarta ragam, Mayamalavagowla.
Notes of the Janyaragam's descending scale in Carnatic music shown in a keyboard layout. The ascending scale is same as janya ragam Karnataka Shuddha Saveri (image of scale). In this image C is used as Shadjam for simplicity sake only. In Carnatic music any note can be the tonic note (sruti), which is taken as Shadjam note.