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- noun An ancient
Indian percussion instrument , atwo-sided drum whose body is usually made from ahollowed piece ofjackfruit wood . Connected with hindu mythology in which numerous gods play this instrument: Ganesha, Shiva, Nandi, Hanuman etc.
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But Carnatic music features singers -- vocalists make up more than half the festival bookings in Chennai -- and replaces the North's small tabla drums with a two-sided barrel called the mridangam, and the North's harmonium (a small reed organ) with the violin (a version of the instrument adapted from the West 200 years ago).
Music-Mad Month 2008
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Lalgudi Jayaraman, who first performed with Raghu in 1947 at Madurai, said his mridangam was a perfect combination of brilliance and tradition.
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Eminent theatre personalities Zohra Segal and Ebrahim Alkazi and noted 'mridangam' Carnatic artist Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman are the other three chosen for Padma Vibhushan award by the government which, in all, named 130 people, including 13 in the category of foreigners, NRIs and PIOs. 43 are Padma Bhushan and 83 are Padma Shri.
The Times of India 2010
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Eminent theatre personalities Zohra Segal and Ebrahim Alkazi and noted 'mridangam' Carnatic artist Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman are the other three chosen for Padma Vibhushan award by the government which, in all, named 130 people, including 13 in the category of foreigners, NRIs and PIOs. 43 are Padma Bhushan and 83 are Padma Shri.
The Times of India 2010
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Eminent theatre personalities Zohra Segal and Ebrahim Alkazi and noted 'mridangam' Carnatic artist Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman are the other three chosen for Padma Vibhushan award by the government which, in all, named 130 people, including 13 in the category of foreigners, NRIs and PIOs. 43 are Padma Bhushan and 83 are Padma Shri.
The Times of India 2010
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Frank attributes his groundingin 'mridangam' to his gurus Ramnad V. Raghavan, T. Ranganathan, and Palghat T.S. Mani Iyer.
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Frank has accompanied his wife Geetha on 'mridangam' during concerts in India, Hong Kong, Canada and many venues in the U.S.
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Frank has accompanied his wife Geetha on 'mridangam' during concerts in India, Hong Kong, Canada and many venues in the U.S.
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Frank attributes his groundingin 'mridangam' to his gurus Ramnad V. Raghavan, T. Ranganathan, and Palghat T.S. Mani Iyer.
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Ramnad V. Raghavan, a widely respected performer of the Karnatak (south Indian classical music, also known as mridangam and long-time member of the Wesleyan University music faculty, died in Chennai,
World Music Central 2009
chained_bear commented on the word mridangam
Learned here. See also terroir.
April 9, 2008
reesetee commented on the word mridangam
Oops. Link seems to be broken.
April 9, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word mridangam
Crap. I forgot the quotation marks. I edited the comment; try the link again if you want.
April 9, 2008
reesetee commented on the word mridangam
Great article! This sounds like what I learned recently about guitars when I toured a place where they still handcraft them. :-)
April 9, 2008