The Making of the Mridangam

An Indian percussion instrument, mridangam, also known as 'Deva Vadyam' or the divine instrument is a key part of the Carnatic music ensemble.
Scroll met a craftsman in Pathanamthitta, Kerala to see the making of the instrument.

[@YABEEful]

you can feel the pride in the work that he is doing... RESPECT.. !!

[@prasanthbliz]

Woah!!! Its surprising and heartbreaking to see that such a detailed craftsmanship is losing its importance in the land of its origin!!

[@nitheeshs8911]

I think these people should give titles " Living national treasure "like same way in Japan.

[@jayankr7313]

Chettaaa 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏avatharanam bhangiyayittundu, playing super 👌👌👌👌👌👌👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@velaudhanthampi3104]

yes ,

[@abhijeetkumardangayat9903]

Mridangam is also known as ancestral father for the modern Tabla. This instrument is as per its origin is more difficult in playing than the Tabla. Modern classical music has improvised its components otherwise older version had a great impact by Mridangam.

[@m3talh3ad18]

Such a beautiful artform, and yet sad to see it dying. Atleast some of it would be living in foreign soil. Hope it doesn't get spoilt by outsiders like what just happened to Yoga.

[@nanduarjun1]

This video match international standards.. Great making looking forward for more videos

[@lordatum8139]

Mridangam, the father of all drums ❤️

[@andrew01]

What a wonderfully produced video! Really interesting. It's sad that this tradition is dying out.

[@srinivaskari]

Sad that there is more demand internationally than locally for these instruments. The government should do more to promote the arts, especially indigenous art forms

[@VamsiMohanKrishnaVadrevu]

How much can the government do. If Indians don't know how to appreciate our art (classical music) there's little the government can do. The young generation is sadly attracted toward western pop music. Traditional instruments are dying away. Electronic instruments are getting more popular. The have little emotion. They sound cold and lack the warmth of traditional acoustic instruments like this. If this situation has to improve then, classical music should be made mandatory in school syllabus. It'll at least draw the young generation towards this art form.

[@amanshaikh3645]

Wonderful ❤

[@krishnavenikarthik7117]

A mridangam is a blessed and beautiful instrument of winch ancient kind

[@velaudhanthampi3104]

you broke everything in just one small interview, great knowledge

[@akshaymenon4806]

Great Content!

[@karthikthiagarajan2331]

Lovely video

[@hashjumper_]

Dude nice editing 🔥🔥

[@harshanknimonkar5778]

Great👏

[@thineshpathmaraja1905]

Beautiful instrument, beautiful video. Would you still recommend this drum for young athletes/sports people? I wanted to ask if playing with a heavy drum on your leg for long periods (i.e. for arrangatrums/long shows) can cause postural problems that are difficult to reverse? I'm just noting that the two hips will be in asymmetrical positions, as will the spine. Will not affect the long term arrangement of the hips and spine?

[@jobinjohnson5095]

Editing super❤️❤️

[@anjandravid7489]

Greetings to Everyone As a musician every craftmanship of an instrument is enjoyed while performance and admiring the handmade instruments feels proud . I totally agree to buy musical instrument from the manufacturer rather from online/shop Appreciate your work Admin👏 Can someone please provide me the information regarding the mridangam manufacturers shown in the video as I'm from Bangalore.

[@vijay210881]

Very nicely made video.A great Passion and dedication of this gentleman is visible. I am a percussionist and want to buy one with 1 and half to 2 shruti. Kindly share contact details. Thanks

[@vishnuprasadk6450]

RIP to this legend. 🙏🏼

[@thenairg]

Ayyo😒🙏

[@vipinchandran698]

nyz

[@VenuGopal-zu7cm]

സൂപ്പർ

[@dushandeshapriya1936]

How to cut that leather straps ... it's very finishing

[@blazebeats6019]

Super

[@gomathib2310]

"The Making of Mridangam" in GColor(Galfar) to Musicians.

[@sarojanarayan5697]

If anyone has the contact number of this mridangam maker Please provide. Thank you

[@aswinviswanathan2297]

Palakkad parameswaran...😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@babyps3262]

Rate

[@vaidehilabdekaustubhlabde3553]

I love Malayalam

[@sajeevrajan5678]

ഇടംതല വലംതല മേഞ്ഞു തരുമോ

[@rubyYT333]

Wow..... great personality. We Hindus have to preserve skills of such personalities. Thank you scroll.in for getting this to public.

[@a.p.harikumar4313]

Mail voice mridangam എത്രയൂപവരും....

[@Yashasish]

An offshoot of the beef ban. Instruments and craftsmanship like this will die out, replaced by plastic drums made by foreign companies

[@GoodSoulPossible]

Yashas B.S Indian government is only concerned about Go Raksha. Q k Gai inki Mata hai aur inko kuch bhi nahi aata hai. You too can see it.

[@adityasundar324]

It is very much evident that you absolutely know nothing about mirudangam or beef ban. One of the basic tenets of making a mirudangam is that no animal is killed for its skin (skin of animals which died a natural death is used) ,since music is considered to be divine and the origin of an instrument should not begin from the murder of an animal, which is considered to be inauspicious. I know this because I used to play mirudangam as a child and I had to wait for few months for mine to be made for the same reason. My close friend is a leading mirudangam player and he has over 16 mirudangams and each were made with the same principal of not killing animals for its skin. Please take your bullshit half-baked knowledge somewhere else. This is the precise problem with Indians like you who seem to have an opinion on every single thing under the sun and take every opportunity to criticize Hinduism or anything remotely related to historic India. You know nothing about Carnatic music or how an instrument is made, but ready there to form your opinion by just seeing a 5 minute video. Miruddngam will never die out and It has been in existence for thousands of years . It is the first percussion instrument in the world to have both bass and treble in the same enclosure

[@seenu007]

Aditya Sundar Well put! That’s right there are too many people who have no idea what they are talking about.

[@Unlearning8248]

@@adityasundar324 Well said!!

[@user-SHGfvs]

@@adityasundar324 well said bro 👏

[@keralamountaindiary7862]

കൊയിലാണ്ടി ആരെങ്കിലുമുണ്ടോ

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[@jonathonphelps2146]

Are you in home or jail

[@jonathonphelps2146]

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[@abhijitkrao283]

Communists hate anything that is Indian tradition. They spelled doom for all such beautiful traditions. Hardly there are mridangam players in Kerala where once legendary players like Palght Mani Iyer used to play.

[@yevodee4024]

Ha Ha Ha!! So for such a LOOOONG time, these self-righteous, conservative, self-proclaimed Hindu "guardians of Hindu culture" have been using the skin of their mother/goddess-animal to play an instrument that is an integral part of the parley of Indian classical musical instruments!!! AAAAAH... the IRONY!!

[@Unlearning8248]

The basic rule for making Mridangam is that no animal is killed. The skin is obtained from naturally dead goats, cows and buffaloes. Cow is considered sacred, that's it! The idea behind _"gauraksha"_ is non-violence. And the skin is not obtained by any form of violence or killing. It seems ironical to u bcoz your brain is too simplistic to be capable of understanding Indian/Hindu culture and values. When u don't know about something then don't make an opinion about it and keep your filthy mouth shut.

[@rubyYT333]

Be Happy really well said!