The Vice-President of India laid the foundation stone of Chetana Ganashram in Thrissur, Kerala, establishing an eco-friendly cultural and musical campus intended to foster spiritual awakening across faiths. The project is being developed by the Kuriakose Elias Service Society (KESS) and is an initiative of CMI Devamatha Public School, Thrissur. The campus is planned to combine music meditation, therapy and cultural education.

He noted that Bharat has a rich musical tradition dating back thousands of years and described music as a spiritual journey, a meditation, a prayer and a celebration of life. He said music has been a powerful thread weaving millions of hearts into a shared rhythm and compared its flow through the civilisation to the sacred Ganga. The address highlighted continuity from Vedic hymns to devotional outpourings of saints.

He referred to inscriptions in the Brihadisvara Temple that record patronage of musicians and dancers and pointed to the regular rendering of sacred hymns such as the Thevaram in temple settings. He characterised both Hindustani and Carnatic classical systems as profound sciences of sound and cited the lasting influence of composers and performers from Tyagaraja to Tansen and M S Subbulakshmi to Ravi Shankar. He observed that Indian music has inspired audiences across continents.

He emphasised that all music, Western or Indian, is built upon seven notes, the Sapta Swaras, which resonate with human emotions and can regulate breathing, steady the heartbeat, reduce stress and enhance concentration. He underlined the therapeutic potential of music and welcomed the Ganashram vision of an eco-friendly campus devoted to music meditation and therapy. He suggested that the symbolic unity of the seven notes offers a lesson for societal harmony.

He outlined five proposed alayams covering music meditation, neurologic music therapy, voice therapy, Indian music and dance, and yoga therapy and expressed confidence that the institution would awaken and heal many souls. The ceremony was attended by national and state dignitaries including the Governor of Kerala and senior ministers.