Pallavur appu marar biography
- Pallavur Appu Marar (1928-2002) was an Indian percussionist, widely considered to be a maestro in the Pallavur (Palakkad) style of thayambaka, edakka, sopana.
- Pallavur Appu Marar was an Indian percussionist, widely considered to be a maestro in the Pallavur style of thayambaka, edakka, sopana sangeetham, melam and panchavadyam.
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My first memory of Pallavur, my maternal village dates back to the late 60s when we moved in from Valparai, in the Anamallais. Those were times when the naxalite movement was gathering steam and a few landlords received letters of threat. As a child, it amused me to hear adults talk in hushed tones about those letters written in ‘blood’. Pallavur, a tiny village southeast of Palakkad, was then a non-descript hamlet with dusty, pot-holed roads. Though located at an almost mid-point on the Kollengode – Alathur road, there were hardly any buses plying down the road. Life was quiet, the place serene. Truly time stood still.
Occasional hustles and bustles lent quaint allure to this charming rustic life. These were when the traditional festivals were celebrated with caparisoned elephants, pomp and splendour at the Tripallavurappan temple – the Aarattu in March – April & the Seventh Day Navaratri festival. These are held to propitiate Lord Shiva, the presiding deity. Mentioned in history as one of the 108 Shiva temples of Kerala, it is belie
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N. Pattabhi Raman (Part I)
Dr. N. Pattabhi Raman, or Sruti Pattabhi Raman as he was better known, was snatched away from our midst on 23 December 2002. He was admitted to Apollo Hospital after an attack of cerebral malaria on 11 November. It was a 42-day long grim battle for survival, but Death finally claimed him and Pattabhi Raman left his mortar coils in the early hours of 23 December in Chennai. He was 70.
His sudden aemise has created a void which cannot be filled, but he has left his imprint in print on the. sands of time. He has made an indelible mark on arts journafism and the documentation of the Indian performing arts.
N. Pattabhi Raman was founder-editor of Sruti, the prestigious Englsh language monthly devoted exclusively to Indian music and dance. He was one of the pioneers who started the documentation of Carnatic music and musicians, dancers and dance guru-s in a detailed, objective ancf interesting way in the pages of Sruti, which he launched in 1983.
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Chakkamkulam Appu Marar passes away
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Chakkamkulam Appu Marar passes away
Chakkamkulam Appu MararExpress News Service 10 Sep 2008 01:59:00 AM ISTTHRISSUR: Melam maestro Chakkamkulam Appu Marar died at his residence at Thaloor near here on Tuesday morning.
He was 85. The cremation will be held on the premises of his house at Thaloor on Wednesday at 10 am. He is survived by wife Vishalakshmi Marasyar, sons Unnikrishnan, Ramkumar, Satheeshan and Prakashan and daughter Lathika.
Well-known as a resourceful thayambaka expert, Appu Marar was known as an expert in sopana sangeetham and thimila.
He learned the melam preliminaries from his father Narayana Marar and later from melam acharyan Anthikkad Ramankutty Marar.
At the age of 14 he had the `arengettam’ at Anthikkad Karthyayani Temple. At the age of 35, he led the prestigious panchari melam of Peruvanam Chathakudam Shastha and earned the rare title of ‘melapramani’. In the subsequent years, Appu Marar had the ‘pramanam’ for all the famous Pooram celebrations, including the famous Thr
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