<img title="Goddess Saraswati" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2014/dec/Saraswati2910.jpg" alt="Goddess Saraswati" /> Goddess Saraswati is also revered in the Javan culture
<img title="Makkuni" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2014/dec/Makkuni2910.jpg" alt="Makkuni" /> Makkuni transformed the Chinese Harp to this conical instrument, which will let several people play the instrument at once
<img title="Called a Prayer to the Modern Man" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2014/dec/Prayer2910.jpg" alt="Called a Prayer to the Modern Man" /> Called a Prayer to the Modern Man, this exhibit urges viewers to plant flowers in the mind, with each flower playing a different tune
<img title="Indian instruments" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2014/dec/Instruments2910.jpg" alt="Indian instruments" /> This installation merges technology with Indian instruments where the viewer can play the tabla with hand gestures, hence, even a non-tabla player can experience playing the tabla. This installation is one of the examples of the kind of work pursued by Makkuni&rsquo;s organisation, The Sacred World Research Laboratory, a research and design think-tank whose projects explore innovation created by building bridges between techno and traditional cultures.
<img title="Concept of the very first sound created" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2014/dec/Concept2910.jpg" alt="Concept of the very first sound created" /> This installation explores the concept of the very first sound created at the beginning of the universe
<img title="Bowl of the monk" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2014/dec/Monk2910.jpg" alt="Bowl of the monk" /> This exhibit urges viewers to drop coins in the bowl of the monk, in response to which a composition would be played that merges the sound of the coin dropping in the bowl, chanting of mantras and orchestra. &ldquo;Temples are a source of music in various forms such as the mantras being chanted, the ringing of bells, to the sound of coins donated to monks,&rdquo; explains Makkuni.
<img title="Musical instrument" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2014/dec/Pagoda2910.jpg" alt="Musical instrument" /> This installation is a musical instrument where each conical structure on the eaves of the pagoda plays a different composition
<img title="Goddess Akhilandeswari" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2014/dec/Akhilandeswari2910.jpg" alt="Goddess Akhilandeswari" /> This installation is a representation of goddess Akhilandeswari. It makes the viewers interact with the installation where the voice of MS Subbulakshmi plays through the flower placed on the throat of the goddess

Mumbaikars will get a chance to experience a multimedia show, Musical Landscapes and the Goddess of Music that explores spiritual, scientific and artistic realms of music via goddesses from Asia, and musical instruments

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