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The Current Era of Mridangam Artists
Kartik Raghupathi
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Although I am somewhat new to this newsgroup, I would like
to open up a discussion about the current era's mridangamists.
When asked who are among the best mridangam artists of today,
several names come to my mind (I myself am a mridangamist and
thus I am quite interested in percussion):
(no specific order)
Sangeetha Kalanidhi T.K. Murthy
Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman
T.V. Gopalakrishnan
Vellore Ramabhadran
Karaikudi Mani
Palghat Raghu
I might not be remembering one or two names but I would
consider this to be a near-complete list of today's
top-notch ("first tier) mridangamists. Perhaps a few more
may be included (Manaargudi Eeshwaran, Thiruvarur
Bhakthavatsalam, KV Prasad), but I think then we would
be travelling outside the bounds of this first tier.
Now my particular interest is as follows: although he is
entirely deserving of it, why did TK Murthy receiv
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Mridangam
Percussion instrument
This article is about the wooden double-headed drum of southern India. For the clay double-headed drum of eastern India, see dhol.
| Carnatic music |
The mridangam is an ancient percussion instrument originating from the Indian subcontinent. It is the primary rhythmic accompaniment in a Carnatic music ensemble. In Dhrupad, a modified version, the pakhawaj, is the primary percussion instrument. A related instrument is the Kendang, played in Maritime Southeast Asia. Its a complex instrument to tune and involves a lot of mathematics to construct korvais.
During a percussion ensemble, the mridangam is often accompanied by the ghatam, the kanjira, and the morsing.
Etymology
[edit]The word "Mridangam" is formulated by the union (sandhi) of the two Sanskrit words mŗd (clay or earth) and anga (limb), as the earliest versions of the instrument were made of hardened clay.
Legend
[edit]In ancient Hindu sculpture, painting, and mythology, the mridangam is often depicted as the instrument of choice for a number of deities including Ganesha (the remover of obstacles) and Nandi, who is the vehicle and follower of Shiva. Nandi is said to have played the mridangam during Shiva's primordial tandava dance, causing a divine
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