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Kerala Tourism - Kottarakkara Ganapathy Temple Festival Procession - Playing Kerala Percussion instruments-

Percussion orchestras like Chenda melam, Singari melam, Panchari melam, Panchavadyam, Pandimelam, Thambolam, Nasik Dhol, Thayambaka, Nadaswaram,

Panchari melam, comprising instruments like chenda, ilathalam, kombu and kuzhal, is performed during virtually every temple festival in central Kerala,

Pandi melam is a classical percussion concert or melam (ensemble) led by the ethnic Kerala instrument called the chenda and accompanied by ilathalam (cymbals), kuzhal and Kombu.

Panchavadyam- literally meaning an orchestra of five instruments, is basically a temple art form that has evolved in Kerala. Of the five instruments, four — timila, maddalam, ilathalam and idakka — belong to the percussion category, while the fifth, kombu, is a wind instrument.

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