Pillars that sing. 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 1st four notes (svaras) of the standard scale in Indian classical music, similar to the Western Do Re Mi Fa (solfège).
Pillars hold up the 15th-century Ranga Mantapa – main attraction within the temple complex. A beautiful open pavilion for music & dancing. Primary larger pillars are surrounded by 7 smaller pillars that each play 1 of the 7 notes in the Indian classical music scale. Made of pieces of huge resonant stone, the cluster of musical pillars vary in height & width to produce the vibrant tones.
For 200 years, these harmonious hallmarks represented an exciting revolution in architecture from the 14-16th century in India. The pillars were once tapped or sometimes blown into accompany chants & devotional performances.
Elsewhere in South India, the Nellaiappar Temple boasts a line of musical pillars, which are arranged so that when one pillar is tapped, a neighbouring one reverberates to produce a bell-like sound. As well as singing pillars, temples have been known to feature another musical architecture – the staircases. A stone is frozen music.
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