Adi Tala is a primary and poplar tala in the Carnatic music system of classical Hindu music. Tala is a measurement of time employed in singing (to make the song rhythmic) and is indicated by hand or by an instrument. In the Carnatic music system, seven main varieties of tala are recognized; with the use of five kinds of jati (species) 35 (7 X 5 = 35) talas are derived. The names of the seven main varieties of tala are Dhruva, Matya, Rupaka, Jhampa, Triputa, Ata and Eka. A tala has three components – druta, anudruta and laghu. Sarangadeva, the author of Sangitaratnakara, introduced viramas (a sound longer than the notes of intermediate duration) over laghu and druta. This led to the development of three, four, five, seven and even nine-syllabled laghus in tala measures, (tisra, catusra, khanda, misra and Sankirna, respectively). The durations are the sums of the matras and not the multiples of them. Kriyas of a tala are the expression of time durations on the hand and determine angas