Sounding the Goddess

Sounding the Goddess is a series of soundscapes edited from field recordings made at two sites in Kerala during October and November 2025. Some come from kaḷaripūja at CVN Kalari Sangham at East Fort in Thiruvananthapuram, in particular the ritual called Bhagavati sēva (offering to the goddess Bhagavati). This elaborate rite is performed on the ninth night of the annual navarātri festival, a high point of the kaḷari year. Other recordings are drawn from the Śrïvidyā rituals offered in the family home of Hindustan Kalari Sangham in Kozhikode. Performed three times a day in the household pūja room, they are, mostly unseen, understood to support, purify and enliven the kaḷari, its activities and community.