T S Nandakumar composed their album Jewels Of Rhythm using instruments such as what frame drum?
Jewels Of Rhythm Jewels Of Rhythm is a percussion music album composed by T S Nandakumar. It consists of instrumental music followed by well structured Laya Vinyasam composed in Sankeerna Chappu Thalam. It includes string instruments like violin, Tambura, woodwind instruments like flute, percussion instruments like Mridangam, Thavil, Kanjira, Ghatam, Morsing and Konnakol.This masterpiece of Rhythm is an integral part of Indian classical music.Through traditional raga and pallavi rendition and delineation through sitar,violin and flute. This album presents the intricacies of the beats set to Mathematical perfection and grace bringing out the elegance of 'Nada' coupled with 'Sahitya'. The uniqueness of this album is the rendering of Laya Vinyasam by artists who either belong to teenage group or below which are the disciples of T S Nandakumar.
Melattur style The Melattur style of Bharatanatyam dance was developed largely out of the devadasi traditions and Melattur Bhagavata Mela by Mangudi Dorairaja Iyer (1900–1980), a sanyasi following Srividya Upasana. He re-established the Suddha Nrittam from kuchipudi(intricate tapping footwork that explores different time measures in different tempos), Bhattasa Natyam and Perani Natyam (dance on the clay pot). Mangudi became interested in Shuddha Nrittam after watching a performance by devadasi of Cheyyur Sengalvarayar temple, who performed it along with other 71 types of items (e.g. Kavita, Nritta, Vadya, Sangeeta and others).