Palghat T. S. Mani Iyer plays a percussion solo (tani avartanam) on the mridangam, a South Indian double-headed barrel-shaped drum.
An audio clip of Mani Iyer playing the mridangam is among the Sounds of the Earth on the gold records aboard the Voyager spacecrafts:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/voyager_record
Kamala Lakshman (Kumari Kamala) dances in this competition, and is egged on by her love interest, who plays nagasvaram. In the course of the song, she demonstrates the five jaatis of tala in Karnatak music.
Rohan Krishnamurthy in concert with India's leading violinist, T.N. Krishnan. October 5 2006 at Dalton Theatre, Kalamazoo College.
Excerpt of a ragam-thanam-pallavi in sankarabaranam/Adi tala and mridangam solo.
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Recorded live December 13, 2007 in Fulkerson Recital Hall at HSU as part of my senior recital in voice. I learned this style of singing last summer in Kerala, India at a great little school called Vijnana Kala Vedi. Props to my guruji, Santhosh Kumar, for teaching me this beautiful song.
Pioneer teacher in philosophy in Karnatak arts college, Dharwad, Know for his simplicity and close relations with students, and founder of CREATIVE RESPONSE STUDENTS FORUM best known legacy in Karnatak Arts college.
