Recordings of Veda Recitation

The project to record recitations of all available Vedic recensions in India was conceived long ago in Pune, when I had several meetings with a number of priests and Vedic scholars. I realized, that the tradition of Vedic recitation would soon disappear, as a result of India's changing social condition.
Although there had been several attempts to record the Vedic recitation,no complete recording of recensions of all four Vedas was available.
I therefore decided to establish a project to complete that task and applied to the Danish Research Council for Humanities for funding assistance.
The Council provided full financial support for the project, in recognition of the importance and values of preserving the great oral tradition.
I approached a number of scholars well versed in the recitation of their own Vedic recensions and during several visits recorded as many as six separate recensions.
Samples of the recitations
Professor Shrikant Bahulkar did the registration and prepared a catalogue of all the recordings from tape spools and cassettes. For the sake of convenience all the recordings were transferred to 2 sets of audiotapes with the original recordings now deposited in The Royal Library in Copenhagen.
Recently the whole project has been converted into 446 CDs. The task of recording all the recensions and bringing the project to its conclusion proved daunting, and it would have been impossible to complete the work without the help of many individuals and organizations.
I had the great opportunity to meet a number of learned priests and Vedic scholars. Through their lives and work, they have contributed to the preservation of the oldest cultural heritage of India. Many of them have recited Vedas for me and informed about the Vedic traditions, and later they have supported me in carrying out the project. I am very grateful to them all.
The Royal Library in Copenhagen is ready to arrange a copy of the complete set of CDs with Vedic recordings for any university, library or institute.
A full set of 446 CDs will cost DKK 25.000 (approximately USD 3.200) plus handling, postage and applicable taxes.

Samples of the Recordings of Veda Recitation
Recordings made by Guni Hesting Kirchheiner
Catalogue by professor Shrikant Bahulkar

Below are photographs of priests and samples of the recitation in Real Player format

The late Pt. D.P.Kinjawadekar