Tape of Complete Vedas available

[Guest guest]

[i have heard these recordings and they are outstanding.

Those interested in having a complete, authentic recording

of a Veda or Vedas are highly recommended to contact

Mr. Krishnan. By the way, Mr. Krishnan and his wife are

residents of Srirangam and are devout bhaktas of Lord

Ranganatha.]

 

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Chanting of the Vedas : Authentic Classical Style renderings

available in audio-cassettes.

 

A few like-minded individuals got together in New Delhi and

decided to attempt recording in full all the four Vedas. Their

investigations had shown that barring some good recordings of

selected sUktas, no complete recitation of any of the Vedas was

available for common people to listen to in their homes. Tirupati

Devasthanam was reported to have recordings but they are kept for

exclusive use by the Temple authorities and allowed possibly for

research purposes only. A few individuals were reported to have

their own private recordings done mostly during religious

ceremonies in their homes. They were not available for general

use and the quality in most cases was not satisfactory.

 

In the above context, the group decided to make an attempt to try

and record the complete text of the Vedas, as existing

today. They registered an non-profit association in the name of

"Delhi Vedic Trust" in 1989 and thanks to persistent efforts and

benign approval of Providence, they have by now completed

recording all the four Vedas. Each is complete from first to the

last mantra. In the first round they confined to one branch

(SAkhA) of each Veda and in due course intend taking up the other

(SAkhA-s) for which reciters are still available. To complete the

first phase of their project, they now have to do the recording

of only Krishna Yajur Veda and a portion of Sama Veda. They hope

to achieve this during 1998-99.

 

The recordings have been done -- two in New Delhi and two in

Bangalore -- in good studios which had high quality modern

equipment. The reciters were veda adhyApakas at the "ghanapAThI"

(the highest accomplishment in Vedic recitation) level who had

themselves learnt in the traditional way under guru-sishya

parampara system which, as is well known, is the only oral

approved way in which the Vedas had been preserved and passed

down the centuries and will evidently continue in the same

fashion. The tapes produced by DVT are meant for

non-professionals and householders who could benefit by listening

to the Vedic vibrations.

 

DVT has a web-site in which the scope and activities of DVT have

been detailed. The URL is given below.

 

http://www.ahista.com/dvt/vedchant.html

 

Alternatively,it would be in the first page of the sites coming

up in AltaVista / or Infoseek using "Delhi Vedic Trust" or

"chants of vedas" as search words.

 

Anyone desirous of getting copies of recordings may contact :

 

A. Krishnan (Founder Trustee - Delhi Vedic Trust)

c/o Gita Gopal,

1187 Portland Ave

Los Altos, CA 94204

USA

 

Tel: 650 968 9585 or

408 749 9693

(local CA time 9AM-9PM please)

 

Fax : 650 969 7980

E-mail: dvt