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

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Full recording: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg2rCuObeYo Excerpted percussion solo (Thani Avarthanam) from a rare television broadcast of Alathur Shri Srinivasa Iyer (Vocal), Lalgudi Shri G. Jayaraman (Violin) and percussion maestro Palghat Shri T. S. Mani Iyer (Mridangam). Courtesy: www.sangeethapriya.org Note: Audio and video are out of sync in the original and this problem has been only slightly corrected here

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An old recording featuring three legends in carnatic music. The end (Palghat Mani Iyer's thani) is not in this file, but you can see it here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=N0Ylf636RWM www.sangeethapriya.org

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Here is a video of arguably greatest Mridangist on earth today. He is not well known to the general public but hopefully that will change soon. Video is from www.palghatraghu.com Visit that website for more information. This video is being shown for educational purposes only and not for profit.

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Here is the continuation of that Thani Avarthanam. This is for mridangam connoisseurs. Video is from www.palghatraghu.com Please visit the above website for more information. This video is only being used for educational purposes and not profit.

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Palakkad junction

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Mridangam played by the late Palghat Mani Iyer. Tabla played by Ustad Zakir Hussain. Original video probably does not exist for this track. Anyway it is top notch stuff.

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The scenics and wildlife of Nelliyampathy, Palakkad (Palghat), Kerala, South India.

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siva siva siva - pantuvarALi - Adi - tyAgarAja TN Seshagopalan accompanied by Neyveli R Santhanagopalan (backup vocals), Sikkil R. Bhaskaran (violin), Madurai T Srinivasan (mrudangam), Palghat Sundaram Iyer (ghatam), and Thanigai Nagaratnam (morsing). * Courtesy of Raju Asokan and www.sangeethapriya.org

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vandanamu raghunandana - sahAna - Adi - tyAgarAja TN Seshagopalan accompanied by Neyveli R Santhanagopalan (backup vocals), Sikkil R. Bhaskaran (violin), Madurai T Srinivasan (mrudangam), Palghat Sundaram Iyer (ghatam), and Thanigai Nagaratnam (morsing). * Courtesy of Raju Asokan and www.sangeethapriya.org

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The Indian re-mix version of Josh Groban's "You Raise Me Up". This video album was made to promote a children's Short Feature Film "LESSONS" and all the cliping was based on that storylog. Direction: Tom George, Asso. Wilson Kavilpad, Camera: Alagappan, Asso. Jithu Palghat. Editor: Sajan. Actors.- Madhupal, Master Yash, Devi Chandrashekar, Rema Devi, Dr. Sathwant Singh, and Dr. Dinesh Arora, IAS. Hope you will enjoy it.

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believe it or not, it was the best divyanamam i have ever been to, my dream cast, see the stage, unimaginable right.... Sri O S Sundar & party + udayaloor kalyanaraman & Party, Rajasimhan, Eshwara Prasad.... with the mridhangam - manikandan & babu just like the dream team.... it was a blessing to the people who had been there at palghat for bajanothsavam. if any one happens to conduct a programm like this, plz do inform. jai sitharam.

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dattAtrEya trimUrti rUpa - ranjani - misra cApu - Mysore srI gaNapati sacidAnandA (I) KV Narayanaswamy (vocal) accompanied by Padma Narayanaswamy (backup vocals), Thiruparkadal S Veeraraghavan (violin), Umayalpuram K Sivaraman (mrudangam), and others. * Courtesy of S Ramasundaram & www.sangeethapriya.org

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believe it or not, it was the best divyanamam i have ever been to, my dream cast, see the stage, unimaginable right.... Sri O S Sundar & party + udayaloor kalyanaraman & Party, Rajasimhan, Eshwara Prasad.... with the mridhangam - manikandan & babu just like the dream team.... it was a blessing to the people who had been there at palghat for bajanothsavam. if any one happens to conduct a programm like this, plz do inform. jai sitharam.

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palghat T.s.mani Iyer

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For all Mahindra Jeep fans... Here are a couple of videos taken during a small trip to the hills near palghat, kerala... Watch how the 4WD mahindra does a near 60 degree climb with 8 people on board, with absolute ease... The video is shot from within the jeep, and gives you an idea of how steep the climb is...

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dattAtrEya trimUrti rUpa - ranjani - misra cApu - Mysore srI gaNapati sacidAnandA (II) KV Narayanaswamy (vocal) accompanied by Padma Narayanaswamy (backup vocals), Thiruparkadal S Veeraraghavan (violin), Umayalpuram K Sivaraman (mrudangam), and others. * Courtesy of S Ramasundaram & www.sangeethapriya.org

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dattAtrEya trimUrti rUpa - ranjani - misra cApu - Mysore srI gaNapati sacidAnandA (III) KV Narayanaswamy (vocal) accompanied by Padma Narayanaswamy (backup vocals), Thiruparkadal S Veeraraghavan (violin), Umayalpuram K Sivaraman (mrudangam), and others. * Courtesy of S Ramasundaram & www.sangeethapriya.org

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believe it or not, it was the best divyanamam i have ever been to, my dream cast, see the stage, unimaginable right.... Sri O S Sundar & party + udayaloor kalyanaraman & Party, Rajasimhan, Eshwara Prasad.... with the mridhangam - manikandan & babu just like the dream team.... it was a blessing to the people who had been there at palghat for bajanothsavam. if any one happens to conduct a programm like this, plz do inform. jai sitharam.

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Vidya Iyer now popularly known as Vidya Balan made her Hindi film debut with the movie Parineeta. She played the role of Lolita and instantly won the hearts of millions of Bollywood fans. Such has been her charming beauty and on screen simple girl persona that many Indian males started considering Vidya as the ideal wife type of girl they need.

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believe it or not, it was the best divyanamam i have ever been to, my dream cast, see the stage, unimaginable right.... Sri O S Sundar & party + udayaloor kalyanaraman & Party, Rajasimhan, Eshwara Prasad.... with the mridhangam - manikandan & babu just like the dream team.... it was a blessing to the people who had been there at palghat for bajanothsavam. if any one happens to conduct a programm like this, plz do inform. jai sitharam.

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believe it or not, it was the best divyanamam i have ever been to, my dream cast, see the stage, unimaginable right.... Sri O S Sundar & party + udayaloor kalyanaraman & Party, Rajasimhan, Eshwara Prasad.... with the mridhangam - manikandan & babu just like the dream team.... it was a blessing to the people who had been there at palghat for bajanothsavam. if any one happens to conduct a programm like this, plz do inform. jai sitharam.

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believe it or not, it was the best divyanamam i have ever been to, my dream cast, see the stage, unimaginable right.... Sri O S Sundar & party + udayaloor kalyanaraman & Party, Rajasimhan, Eshwara Prasad.... with the mridhangam - manikandan & babu just like the dream team.... it was a blessing to the people who had been there at palghat for bajanothsavam. if any one happens to conduct a programm like this, plz do inform. jai sitharam.

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An inspirational song video. Written by Dr. A. P. Sukumar, music: Pradeep Sing, Singer: Anil Kumar Palghat, Camera: Jayanan Vincent; Envsion: Kumar Varma. Introducing Vineeth Viswanathan. Produced by West Team, Vancouver, Canada

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believe it or not, it was the best divyanamam i have ever been to, my dream cast, see the stage, unimaginable right.... Sri O S Sundar & party + udayaloor kalyanaraman & Party, Rajasimhan.... with the mridhangam - manikandan & babu just like the dream team.... it was a blessing to the people who had been there at palghat for bajanothsavam. if any one happens to conduct a programm like this, plz do inform. jai sitharam.

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