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At the Svaram sound garden in Auroville, stone instruments create mesmerizing musical sounds

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Jun 01, 2026
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At the Svaram Sound Garden in Auroville, simple sculptures combine sound and art in a mesmerizing way. In this video, a visitor strikes a stone instrument with a smaller stone. It produces a clear, xylophone-like sound that makes me wish I could play in this sound garden, too.

The installation is part of Svaram’s explor…

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