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‘Nagari melam’, the local tribal people’s version of ‘chenda melam’ in Kerala, seems to be becoming very popular among the people in the state. Activist ‘Auto’ Suresh, of Vazhapadi, said the ‘nagari melam’ was invented by the tribals of Kalvarayan Hills.

The connoisseurs of Panchari melam got an opportunity to enjoy the performance of percussion maestro Peruvanam Kuttan Marar held at Thamaramkulangara Sree Dharma Sastha temple as part of Makaravilakku celebrations on Sunday.

Paramekkavu devaswom has decided to shift Peruvanam Kuttan Marar from the role of 'mela pramani' for the popular Ilanjithara melam of Thrissur Pooram.

Panchari melam, the percussion ensemble performed in five 'kalams' (tempo), can easily be called the king of melams.

melams turn the atmosphere electric – 120 percussionists constantly changing rhythm even as they build up the tempo till it climaxes in the kalaasham. All listeners, especially melam connoisseurs, lose themselves in the beat but Titus Inashu is transformed.

In the first public melam in nine months, a nearly 100-strong team, led by Peruvanam Kuttan Marar, performed at the Peruvanam temple, here, on Sunday morning.

Lakshmi Devi, a 44-year-old manager and mother of two, stood out at Ernakulam Siva temple for her performance on the kurumkuzhal, breaking gender norms in Kerala's chenda melam scene. Despite initial challenges with chenda, she switched to the wind instrument, performing at numerous temple festivals and proving her dedication to mastering this male-dominated art form.

Bengalureans have an opportunity to experience ‘Panchari melam’ and ‘Pandi melam’, the classical ‘Chenda melam’ symphony from Kerala, by top maestros this weekend.

The news of proposed restructuring of one of Kerala's biggest brands is ushering in fiscal 2012-13 to Kerala.

The 'panchari melam', led by Padmashri Peruvanam Kuttan Marar, at Tripunithura Sree Poornathrayeesha Temple on Tuesday will be a birthday special, both for him and the deity.

Hundreds of panchaari melam artists ushered in the eight-day long Vrischikolsavam, the annual festival of Sree Poornathrayeesha Temple here on Monday.

Kurian John melamparambil - a philanthropist who started a company to fund his charitable activities. The chairman and managing director of melam Group, he has spent more than Rs 15 crore for melam Charities in the last 25 years.

Padmasree Peruvianam, a renowned percussionist from Thrissur, India, has announced that he will be retiring from his role as mela pramani for the popular ilanjithara melam of Thrissur Pooram. He said that he appreciated the decision to give opportunities to newer artists in the pooram festival, and that he felt blessed by paramekkavu devi by allowing him to be the pramani of ilanjithara melam. Meanwhile, the renowned percussionist Kizhakott Aniyan Marar said that he felt blessed for having been selected to lead the ilanjithara melam, which is a percussion ensemble being watched by melam connoisseurs all over the world.

As candidates slog it out in the local body election campaign, chenda melam has become the newest vehicle of outreach for Usha Vijayan who is contesting from ward number 7 in Idukki’s Kudayathor grama panchayat. At each gathering, Usha and her team begins the melam slowly, but along the way it picks up pace and reaches a frenetic crescendo, before they sign it off on a high note, seeking the voters’ support.

With the mushrooming of ‘chenda melam’ groups from neighbouring Kerala, the nadaswaram and thavil players in Thanjavur are getting a raw deal these days.

TV host Sastika Rajendran tries to play Chenda melam

It was the first major cultural event at Sree Poornnathrayeesha Temple after the second wave of Covid-19 shut down all activities in the royal town this year.

Nedumangad is all set to welcome Onam with a festival fair and celebration. ‘Onotsavam 2022’, jointly organized by the tourism department and Nedumangad municipal corporation, has started.

Vrischikolsavam, the eight-day annual festival at Sree Poornathrayeesha Temple here, began on Saturday.

A group of 10 non-resident Keralites settled in Malaysia is all set to stage a percussion ensemble (chenda melam) performance at Thamaramkulangara Sree Dharma Sastha temple in Tripunithura on January 31. Interestingly, though percussion ensemble music is hugely challenging and demands real musical knowledge from the players, the group of techies employed in the south east Asian country learned to perform the ensemble music online, with their teacher sitting miles away in Kerala and offering them live music lessons and virtual music classes. “It all started with our Onam celebrations just before the Covid outbreak in 2019.

Actor Rajesh Dhruva who recently took up learning to play the 'chenda melam', says it took him 15 days to master the traditional percussion instrument of Kerala