The Sonic Seal of Sovereignty: Reclaiming the Nadaswaram

The air at the temple’s gopura vaasal is not merely still; it is thick and long before the visual spectacle of the deity ...
Businessworld

Using stone, Class 12 student makes Nadaswaram which is usually made of wood

Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Aug 16 (ANI): Class 12 student Karthik has made a Nadaswaram, a wind-based musical instrument which is usually made of wood, using stone in Tamil Nadu's Madurai. Karthik ...
Indiatimes

Fading sounds of auspicious music

In Tamil tradition, the preferred music of fortune is considered to be that of the nadaswaram and tavil. Until a few decades ago, the instruments were revered and celebrated, played in temples, ...
Deccan Chronicle

Music Academy to organise exclusive Nadaswaram concerts starting today

Bengaluru (Karnataka), March 27 (PTI) The Music Academy Madras are all set to organise their first exclusive Nadaswaram festival 'Nadotsavam', a three day event starting on Wednesday in Chennai. With ...
NDTV

Nadaswaram a dying art-form

The nadaswaram is the world's loudest non-brass acoustic instrument, but it has become a dying art-form and just a side-show at most sabhas. This wind instrument, part of every south Indian wedding ...