Tell me one easy method of remembering all the 72 Melakartha ragas sequentially....without memorising them

You have to learn the Katapayathi Sankya . The no. in 2 digits is first reversed say.. 65 i reversed to 56... The no. 5 is assigned to letter ma..and letter cha..is assined the no. 6 .. so when combined it is ma..cha..... which is a good cue for mecha ...leading to mechakalyani....you may try out with all 72 Ragas and this works... Please go thro any theory site that explains the KATAPAYATHI SANKYA rule. Any way you need to have a rough idea of the names of the Ragas read less

There are only 2 ways - one , you should memorize (or) two, you should be a prodigy. There are no shortcuts. I remember one occassion when Ravikiran (now gottuvadyam exponent) was a child surrounded by vidwans and wizards in Music Academy. Each vidwan asked in different permutations like - what ragam is 67th Melakartha ; what is the name of 3rd ragam in 6th chakra etc. etc.. Without a wink, he casually told the answers and was playing. So, if you are very particular in reciting or spelling out the melakartha ragas , then you have to memorize just like any other poems we did during our schooldays. Finally, what is the purpose you need to remember the melakartha ragas and their technical details. Are you preparing for any competitions or any other ? Fundamentally by looking at the arohanam and avarohanam, you can nearly find out the chakra and the melakartha number. Then you can refer the chart.for the name of the ragam. read less