The swaras of three octaves, at your own Sa. Pick a raga to see only its swaras. Tap a swara to hear it — or try playing your favorite song!
Twelve positions, sixteen names. Ri and Ga overlap on two of them, and so do Da and Ni — the same note is called R2 in one raga and G1 in another, depending on which seat it is filling. That overlap is exactly what makes the melakarta count come out at 72 rather than something larger.
