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

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

Well initially when you see 72 melas together you might think that it is difficult to memorize them all, but believe me it is not difficult at all. Look at the 72 melakartaragapattika , you can see it is divided into different sections like First 36 ragas called poorvamelaragas( shuddha madhyama ragas) and rest 36 ragas called Uttaramelaragas (prati madhyama ragas.Then again these are divided into 12 chakras So i would suggest you to memorize one chakra everyday according to the series/serialwise , in this case u can learn 6 ragas per chakra with their raga name and numbers also chakra name and swarasthanas of each ragas. read less

In chemistry we study one group in periodic table every year and by the time we reach inter we get it by heart without making any special effort. there are no short cuts. only persistence pays. memorise one chakra every day and listen to those ragas uwill have it. some ragas are not popular -so are difficult to remember read less