Mattannur Sankarankutty Kutty Marar- A Vizard to form Rhytthm in Kerala Drum

Kerala is widely known as God's own country.presumably the reasons for giving this prestigious name belongs to the Rich presence of Hindu Temples in Kerala .Every district& villages have Temples at least two in villages and more Than 25 in districts approximately and on an average. The Temples of Kerala have a speciality that they have different Music instruments to accompany thee Temple rituals. Broadly these instruments( Vadyams) can be classified into four categories.They are briefly indicated below: 1)DRUMS.orAVANADHA VADYAMS: These consist of the instruments known as Edakka,Maddalam,timila,Mizhavu and Chenda. 2)GONGS:The instruments in this category are Chengala,Ilathalam,and Kuzhithalam 3) SUSHIRAVADYAM or WIND INSTRUMENTS: these consist of Sankhu,Kuzhaland Kombu 4)STRINGED INSTRUMENTS orTHALAVADYAMS: the instruments called Nandurni,ONAVILLU and Pulluva veen We are now going to look into the first category now out of which Edakka is generally performed in all the temples but with difference that this being an Anushtana vadyaam is used only inside the Temples & not outside. We are discussing the Vadyams used outside the Temples in the Melams mainly known as CHENDAMELAM,PANCHAVADYAM AND THAYAMPOKA. Here again we are restricting to the performed by Shri.MATTANNUR SANKARANKUTTY MARAR with a view to reintroducing him to the the American Malayalees who are going to welcome Shri Marar for a PROGRAMME called Nadabrahmam to begin in various places in USA.the PROGRAMME is scheduled to begin in New York in July 2015. The troupe which visits USA in this connection would perform various cultural programs also.Besides PROGRAMME by Shri.Sankaran Kutty Marar ,Shri Balasankar a famous Music Director and Violist would also perform programs in the same venue. Besides the famous personalities sharing the same venue are Ustad Sakkir Hussain,Shivamani,Vikku Vinayakam,Louis Banks,Ranjit Barot,and Fasal Khureshi. Apart from this PROGRAMME , there would be Musical concerts from famous singers Biju Narayanan and Malavika. Let us come back to Mattannur Sankaran Kutty Marar whose Thayampoka & Panchavadyam as Pramani of the PROGRAMME . Shri Mattnnur Sankaran Kutty Marar had been awarded by Government of India the Padmashri some time back.Padmashri Marar had his Shashtipoorthy( 60 years celebration)in 2014.

Shri Sankaran Kutty Marar has the reputation of introducing a new system ofvRythm in the branch " THAYAMPOKA" Lat us look into the history of the birth of new Rhythm which is widely considered as a panchamritum for Ears. Born and brought up in a Marar family who are dedicated to the culture of Chenda vadyam Padmashri SankaranKuutty Marar had been closely related to Temples and traditional TempleMusic of Kerala. Thayampoa is one of the most beloved Rythms of Music liked by enormous number of fans of Temple Music all over the World. Padmashri Marar's life was dedicated to Chenda melam since the age of 12.He has the reputation in many more art forms of Temple Music as well as Karnatic Music in which his Guru was Thalasseri Padmanabha Bhagavathar. Padmashri Mattannur Sankarankutty Maran has the unique reputation of questioning some of the notions of theTraditional Thayampoka and talking about his own observations which had theveffect ofvraisinfg eyebrows Of experts in the field those days. The innovations introduced by the great artist Sankaran Kutty Marar,had literally changed the Tradition of conventional Wooden Drum a Global Recognition. Until the Year 2000,Whatvthey usually used to tell about Thayampoka was That there were just two styles Palakkadu Style and Malamakkavu Style .But Sankaran Kutty Mararbargued that there was yet another PALLAVOOR STYLE thatvwas the typical Style of PALLAVOOR APPU MARAR.Although it was subject to discussion among experts on the field,later on the opinion of Sankaran Kutty Marar got universal approval of the World of Thayampoka experts. According to Padmashri Marar ,today the world has agreed to His opinion And also agreed to the 4th Style introduced by him Which is an innovated Styles of the other three styles closely incorporated within the Traditional Thayampoka of Kerala. This he considers as a big achievement of his life. So the United States of America is now getting an opportunity to listen to the Golden Rythm of the art live in the month of July beginning from NEWYORK. So ,acquaintances In NEWYORK,Washington,Boston,Houston,Austin,Chicago,Florida,Atlanta and all over America are welcome to enjoy cultural and Holy dip in the "NADA BRAHMATHIN SAGARAM Neenthi Varum Naka Sundarimarude" traditional Temple Music ofCHENDA(the trditional drum of Kerala) by Padmashri Mattannur Sankaran Kutty Marar during July 2015,the exact dates to be announced shortly All the best to everyone. SreedharanMundanat 4th Of June 2015 Padmashri Sankaran kutty Marar was born near Thalasseri in a Marar family. In kerala,the families of Marars,Mannadiars, and Poduvals are generally prominent and well known in performing with Chenda.