What is "pavani"

Pavani may refer to:

• Pavani (raga), a rāga in Carnatic music
• Pavani Parameswara Rao, Senior Advocate practising in the Supreme Court of India
• Gullipilli Sowria Raj v. Bandaru Pavani, an Indian Supreme Court ruling in a lawsuit involving the legality of the marriage to a Hindu woman of a Christian
• Pavani, character in Vennela
• Andrea Pavani in 1986 Hexagon World Men's Curling Championship

Pavani (pronounced pāvani, meaning the purifier) is a rāgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the 41st melakarta rāgam in the 72 melakarta rāgam system of Carnatic music. It is called Kumbhini in Muthuswami Dikshitar school of Carnatic music.