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 ...

Pushparani Thiruchelvam is one of the two woman thavil players in Jaffna, and perhaps in the whole of Sri Lanka. The two women, who were the first and could well be the last, are both above 60 and ...

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 ...

Coimbatore: Those who wish to learn mridangam, flute, nadaswaram or thavil will be able to do so at the Government Music College at Malumichampatti near the city soon. The college authorities said ...