‘mangaLa’ means auspicious. A mangaLa is often sung at the end of a music concert. Generally these genre of compositions would be set to rAgas such as suruTi, madhyamAvati, srI, sourAShTra, ghanTa, vasanta etc which are considered as auspicious rAgas.

Purandara dAsa has composed a number of dEvara nAmas that can be used as mangaLas. Here is a partial list

composition rAga tALa
jAnakI ramaNanige suraTi triSra Adi

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