This attractive raga was discovered by Ravikiran within 5 hours of a casual query by a legendary dancer on 11 March, 2023 who asked him if he has created a Raga in honour of the Indian Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi. Ravikiran named this scale Narendra Modini (after he verified from various sources that the Scale SG3M2D2N3S – SN3D2PM2G3R1S has not been named in either Carnatic or Hindustani music thus far). He was also inspired to compose a Sanskrit piece in praise of the Goddess of Music right after discovering the scale.
surEndra muneendra narEndra mOdini sangeeta vANi
swarEndra naTEndra kalEndra stutE
dharEndra ravi shashi harSha varadE
sAma vEda janita saptaswara laya dEvatArAdhitE
shyAmaLA bhava vArijAsana kAmajanaka ramA mAnitE
kAma jita vEgavara tanaya nandeesha nArada tumburu
kAmita gnyAna pradE su-padE padE padE namOstutE