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My grandmother's voice trembled through the temple corridors of Srirangam, notes ascending like prayers. For sixty years, her Carnatic melodies existed only in memory, unrecorded, unshared. When I uploaded her recital online, the algorithm surprised us both. Comments flooded in—some crude, some genuinely moved. But strangers began learning her ragas, their own voices joining hers across screens and continents. The modest earnings meant little compared to watching her legacy transform from private devotion into something living and shared. Finally, her music found its true home: in the hearts of people who understood that heritage thrives when communities embrace it together.