The Swara Strip at the top shows all 17 swara variants. Click any pill to select it — it lights up gold and that swara is automatically checked in the Raga Creator (Compose tab). Sa and Pa are always fixed. Click any lit pill again to deselect it. The counter on the right shows how many swaras are active.

When you search for any raga (e.g. "Bhairavi", "Yaman", "Shankarabharana"), the result shows a Swara Sthana Chart at the top — a visual grid of all 17 positions with the raga's notes highlighted in gold (shuddha), purple (komal), or teal (prati/tivra). Below the grid are the Arohana ↑ and Avarohana ↓ in full lyrical notation.

Select swaras via checkboxes or the strip. Click Generate Raga. The output now shows:

• Arohana and Avarohana in lyrical Sa Ri Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni notation
• A Swara Sthana Chart — every position lit or dim, with full swara name below each cell
• Scale type, suggested Rasa, time of day, and Thaat family
• Exact matches and nearest ragas from the 72 Melakarta + janya database

• Gold / bright — Shuddha (natural) swaras: Sa, Ri, Ga₃, Ma, Pa, Dha, Ni₃
• Purple — Komal (flat) swaras: Ra, Gi, Ga, Da, Ni, Nee
• Teal — Tivra / Prati swaras: Mi (prati Madhyama), Dha₃, Ri₃
• Dim / grey — Swara not present in this raga