Neelambari

Closest Western scale / mode

Ionian / major-related · zigzag phrases

Core tones with Sa = C: C D E F G A B. Typical ascent returns from A to G before B; characteristic descending movement and gamakas define the raga.

A pitch-set comparison, not an exact raga equivalence. Carnatic gamakas and characteristic phrases are not captured by a Western scale; acoustic piano cannot reproduce continuous pitch ornamentation.