Unlike many great nagaswaram and thavil players of the Isai Vellalar community of the composite Thanjavur district, who dissuaded their children from learning the art, nagaswaram artiste T.C.

It is music maestro Ilayaraja’s 1000th film. And, it should come as no surprise that the film, Tharai Thappattai, seeks to capture the interaction and tension between the world of classical and folk ...

Separate festivals are organised for nadaswaram including by Krishna Gana Sabha but they are often the exception. Nadaswaram aficionados and artists see a variety of reasons for this treatment. File ...

CUDDALORE: A noted thavil player’s comment, reducing parai to a mere music instrument played during funerals, has kicked off a row, reigniting the decades-long debate on according parai isai its ...

SINGAPORE - With a barrel-shaped thavil drum strapped around his shoulder, Mr Jathishweran Naidu is all geared up for Thaipusam. The 24-year-old Singaporean will play the traditional Indian instrument ...

PUDUCHERRY: Thavil musician Kongampattu AV Murugaiyan, one of the Padma Shri recipients is joyous over the announcement by the Ministry of Home Affairs on the occasion of 73rd Republic Day. "It is not ...

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