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    Categories: Music

This 15th-Century Hindu Temple Was Built To Double As A Musical Instrument

“Within the Vijaya Vittala Temple in Hampi, South India are 56 pillars, each 3.6 metres high, which when gently tapped produce delicate musical notes. … The pillars, named SaReGaMa, are so-called after the first four notes (svaras) of the standard scale in Indian classical music – similar to Western solfège… Read entire story.

Source: MUSIC – ArtsJournal

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