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jackfruit tree is used to make veenas because of the particular resonant
quality of the wood. It is also a popular wood for percussion instruments
because the deeply interlocked grain of the wood resists cracking. So the
mridangam, tavil, kanjira, jamidika and Kerala’s famous chenda drums are
all made from jackfruit tree wood. The jackfruit tree’s wood has made music
for hundreds of years not just in India, but all over Asia in a fabulous
variety of string and percussion instruments. In Philipines, it is used
to make the famous Cebu guitars, considered some of the finest in the world.
(‘Chakka laka baby’ by Ratna Rajaiah, The New Sunday Exps, June 4, 2006) |
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Sangeet
Natak Akademi Awardees, Kathakali (*Fellows)
*Guru Thakazhi Kunju Kurup - 1956 *Thottam Chandu Panicker -1958 *Thekkinkattil Ramunni Nair -1961 *Guru Chengannur Raman Pillai -1963 *Guru Gopinath -1965 *Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair -1967 *Kurichi Kunjan Panicker -1968 *Vazhenkada Kunju Nair -1969 *Mankulam Vishnu Nambuthiri -1970 *Kudamaloor Karunakaran Nair -1971 *Guru M.Madhava Panicker -1972 *Vellinezhi Nanu Nair -1973 Kavungal Chatunni Panicker -1973 Kalamandalam Ramankutty Nair -1974 Kavungal Sankaran Kutty Panicker -1975 Champakkulam Pachu Pillai -1983 Mankombu Sivasankara Pillai -1985 Kalamandalam Krishnan Kutty - Pothuval -1986 Kalamandalam Gopi -1987 Keezhpadam Kumaran Nair -1988 Oyoor Kochu Govinda Pillai -1989 Chennithala Chellappan Pillai -1991 Kalamandalam Padmanabhan Nair -1993 Kottakkal Krishnan Kutty Nair -1996 Madavur Vasudevan Nair -1997 Kottakkal Sivaraman -1998 Nelliyodu Vasudevan Nambuthiri -1999 Sadanam Balakrishnan - 2003 Kalamandalam Vasu Pisharody -2004 Mathur Govindan Kutty -2005 (Info collected by C Ambujakshan Nair: canair1954@yahoo.co.in). |
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