Job Alert: Vedic Sound Engineer (Dhvani Shilpi)
Temple: Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple, Varanasi
Location: Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Application Email: kvt.soundengineer@vvp.org.in
Deadline: 15 July 2025
Salary: ₹52,000/month + acoustic tech allowances

Sacred Sound Responsibilities
Ritual Acoustics Management:

Optimize mic systems for 5 daily aartis (Mangala to Shringar) across 23 shrines

Prevent feedback during Saptrishi chanting in stone-walled sanctums

Vedic Audio Preservation:

Record/archive rare mantras from 300+ elderly priests using Neumann mics

Restore 1947 Ganga Aarti recordings from analog tapes

Devotee Sound Experience:

Design silent zones for meditation near Jnana Vapi

Install directional speakers for blind devotees

Festival Soundscapes:

Create 3D sound design for Dev Deepawali (5 lakh+ attendees)

Live-mix 100+ miked instruments during Shravan processions

 Technical & Spiritual Requirements
Education Experience Specialized Skills
B.Tech/B.Sc Sound Engineering 3+ years live venue mixing Pro Tools + Logic Pro mastery
Certificate in Vedic Phonetics Temple/religious space projects Understanding of Nada Yoga principles
– Knowledge of Sanskrit meter (Chandas) AI-based noise filtering
 Unique Vedic Knowledge
Recognize 7 microtones (Shrutis) in Vedic chanting

Understand resonance science of Om in temple architecture

Identify 32 Vedic Swaras for perfect mantra reproduction

 Salary & Perks
Base Pay: ₹52,000 (Pay Level 10)

Tech Allowance: ₹8,000/month for equipment

Housing: Free riverside accommodation at Assi Ghat

Spiritual Perks:

Lifetime access to Rudrabhishek ceremonies

Training from Dhrupad masters

Annual pilgrimage to Nada Yoga ashrams

 Application Process
Email to kvt.soundengineer@vvp.org.in:

Subject: “Vedic Sound Engineer App – [Your Name]”

Attachments:

3-min demo: Clean noisy recording of Vedic chant (test file available here)

Essay (PDF): “Acoustic Challenges in 12th-Century Stone Temples”

Frequency analysis of Om chanting

Interview:

Round 1: Fix audio glitches in live aarti simulation

Round 2: Design sound plan for 1km procession

Final: Shruti alignment test with head priest

Temple Tech Facts
Current System: 192 Meyer Sound columns + Dante networking

Challenges: Managing river echoes + crowd noise

Heritage Constraints: No drilling in ancient walls