Indian rapper Hanumankind made a powerful debut at Coachella 2025, performing with a group of chenda drummers from Kerala. The musician took the stage in Indio, California, with a burst of energy and ...

Another video of Hanumankind performing the song that put him on the map, Big Dawgs, was also posted on an Instagram page. The crowd can be seen recording him on their phones, singing along and going ...

Kerala’s Shilpa Sreekumar went immediately viral for playing Chenda Melam wearing traditional saree at her wedding. Shilpa Sreekumar looked stunning in a red silk sari on her wedding day, but it was ...

KANNIYAKUMARI: The financial and social plights of the traditional artistes devoted to playing "chenda melam", the cylindrical percussion instrument that brings loudness and vibrancy to every Kerala ...

Chenda melam troupes from within Chennai and from Kerala say that business is picking up with election campaigning. "We have no political affi liations,” says Ram Mohan of the Palghat-based Mudhra ...

Breaking the glass ceiling: Hema Malini Pramod, one of the handful of women chenda exponents in India, has made things happen…and how! Her journey to mastering the ancient percussion instrument is an ...

KOCHI: The beats of Chenda Melam and Elathalam slowly pierce our ears as we step down to the Kulavanmukku bus stop in Palakkad around 9.30pm. Despite the roar of passing vehicles, the melam from the ...

Chenda melam, a percussion instrument widely played across Kerala, has slowly but steadily spreading its wings in Tamil Nadu thanks to the patronage by political parties to entertain crowd during the ...

Chennai: For three days, the premises of Asan Memorial School in Nungambakkam will reverberate with sights and sounds of Kerala’s art scene including Chenda melam. To be inaugurated by filmmaker Adoor ...

KOZHIKODE: Chenda trainer Arun Nanmanda is overwhelmed by the enthusiasm of people to learn percussion instruments. In his Chenda class at Cheroth Kariyathan temple, Koolipoyil near Kakkoor, the ...

Rapper Hanumankind was one of the many artists who performed at Coachella in California, USA this year. To add a desi touch to his performance, the musician turned up for his performance with a chenda ...