Namarupa's Varanasi City of Light Soundwalk
Narrated by Dr. Robert E. Svoboda

Click here ( 02'24 | 2.1MB MP3) to hear how it begins.

Click here ( 05'44 | 6.5MB MP3 ) to visit the Dom Raja, king of the cremation ground attendants.

The Fall 2004 Issue includes a free audio CD: an audio tour of India's oldest and holiest city, Varanasi — the city of light. An unprecedented spiritual journey, the narrator, Dr. Robert E. Svoboda, guides the listener as an insider to penetrate the under currents of Varanasi life on the banks of the river Ganga. This 60 minute boat ride along the ghats of Varanasi is a combination between audio book, tour and movie soundtrack. This CD, produced by New York's award winning production company Soundwalk, Inc. in collaboration with Namarupa Magazine, includes music and chanting recorded on location in Varanasi, interviews with local experts on the history of Varanasi, temple priests and scholars, as well as Dr. Svoboda's erudite narration.