. . "Suryakantam or Sooryakantam (pronounced s\u016Bryak\u0101ntam) is a r\u0101gam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the 17th melakarta r\u0101gam (parent scale) in the 72 melakarta r\u0101gam system of Carnatic music. It is called Ch\u0101y\u0101vati in Muthuswami Dikshitar school of Carnatic music."@en .