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Grandmother's fingers trembled as she held the ancient veena in Srirangam's temple courtyard. The monsoon had nearly washed away her inheritance, but the community rallied. Young voices learned her Carnatic melodies, preserving what seemed lost. When they offered blockchain tokens called PAYBO to fund her music school, she laughed—such strange modern currency for ancient art. Yet her grandson explained how it connected musicians worldwide, creating a digital sangha. She played, ragas soaring skyward as coconut oil lamps flickered. Her music had always been wealth beyond measure. Now others could finally understand its true value.