Musical pillars Mantapa - Tourist attraction in Nimbapura - Ballari, India

one of the notable features of the Vittala Temple is the musical pillars, large ranga mandapa is well known for its 56 musical pillars. These pillars are also known as Sa Re Ga Ma pillars, which are attributed to the musical notes emerging out of them... pillars produce musical tones when struck with a thumb sounds like bells ringing... these pillars were build such a way that when they were stuck they produced the sound of their natural resonant frequency which was different pillar to pillar based on the pillar architecture and weight....

Spectacular stone carvings at Hampi. Musical pillars Ornate carving of a divine, Hindu vehicle situated on the grounds of the Vijaya Vitthala Temple. Many foreign visitors visit this place every year. This place depicts the Hindu architecture marvel and mind bending designs. Strange to see the artistic talent way past in those days

This places has multiple towers which produces different musical sounds when to hit on them. This place was closed during our visit, So did not get the experience it fully only visited from outside though. One of the must visit place. The stone Chariot is located just infront of it. If you are coming from Virupaksha temple, walk straight then just before the police station take a left and go through the trail. On the way you can enjoy the coracle ride (500 per person), visit the Rama, Sita Laxman temple, Varaha Temple, Sugriva Caves, Kings balance and then travel around 1-2 km to reach this place.

This is another gem in the vitallas temple premises. All the pillars were creating different music notes and dancers competition used to held. Britishers thinking that they may be having hollow inside the pillars with different width plundered on set of pillars but all the pillars were of without any hollow. This means the stones itself were selected in the basis of sound and then carved as pillars. The side walls of the hall is adorned with many wonders a particular statue which consists of frog monkey Hanuman monkey holding its kid snake hood and linga and the monkeys like that in different views. The dancing hall also consists side ways with deepas or oil lamps which will overflow and go to the next level of lamps and then last row. During rainy season it acts as conduits for water to seep through. Real magnificent

One of the notable features of the Vittala Temple is the musical pillars. The large Ranga Mandapa is well known for its 56 musical pillars. These pillars are also known as SaReGaMa pillars, which are attributed to the musical notes emerging out of them. The pillars produce musical tones when struck with a thumb. It sounds like bells ringing. Now if think about it for a second in terms of acoustics then these pillars were build such a way that when they were stuck they produced the sound of their natural resonant frequency which was different pillar to pillar based on the pillar architecture and weight. Those people knew all of this.

Kelisade kallu kallinali Kannada song.. Stones which produce music according to your finger movement and a small amount of energy.. In to see and here..

The Ranga Mantapa is one of the main attractions of the Vittala Temple. The large mantapa is renowned for its 56 musical pillars. These musical pillars are also known as SAREGAMA pillars, indicating the musical notes emitted by them. The musical notes and emanated when the pillars are tapped gently. There are a set of main pillars and several sets of minor pillars inside the Mantapa. Each main pillar provides support to the ceiling of the Ranga Mantapa. The main pillars are designed as musical instruments. Every main pillar is surrounded by 7 minor pillars. These 7 pillars emit 7 different musical notes from the representative musical instruments. The notes emanating from these pillars vary in sound quality depending on whether the instrument is a percussion, string or wind instrument. The cluster of musical pillars inside the Vittala Temple complex was carved out of huge single pieces of resonant stone. The emission of musical notes from stone pillars was a mystery that fascinated many people down the centuries. Even the British rulers of India were wonderstruck and wanted to discover the secret behind the musical pillars. To satisfy their curiosity and to unravel the mystery behind the amazing pillars they cut two of the musical pillars of Vittala Temple to check whether anything existed inside the stone pillars that resulted in the emission of musical notes. However, they found nothing inside the pillars. The two pillars cut by the British rulers still exist inside the temple complex and can be seen by visitors even today.

One of the best part of Vithala Temple is the musical pillars. When hit with sandalwood sticks, they produced rhythmic sounds.