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- Date: 2026-06-26 13:12:16
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This topic has appeared in the English Wikipedia rankings 1 time. It first appeared on 2026-06-26 and was most recently seen on 2026-06-26.
Wikipedia Overview
The mridangam is an ancient percussion instrument originating from the Indian subcontinent. It is a traditional royal instrument originating in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu and is widely used in south Indian classical music, called Carnatic music. It is the primary rhythmic accompaniment in a Carnatic music ensemble. In dhrupad, a modified version, the pakhawaj, is the primary percussion instrument. A related instrument is the kendang, played in the Maritime Southeast Asia.
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Deepikaa Sreenivasan in the male mridangam bastion - Deccan Herald
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Thiruvaarur Bakthavathsalam Receives Padma Shri Award - The News Mill
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Mridangam exponent K.V. Prasad and bharatanatyam exponent G. Narendra honoured - The Hindu
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To get the Padma Award as a mridangam player is special: Thiruvaarur Bakthavathsalam - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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This World Music Day, three Chennai-based musicians bring five iconic Chittaswarams together - DT Next
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Ashwin Chandra Debut Mridangam Concert - India Currents
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Mridangam vidwan Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman presents music fest - MYLAPORE TIMES -
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MIFF 2026 Showcases Documentary Tributes to Indian Maestros of Photography and Classical Music - pib.gov.in
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Watch and hear a person playing the mridangam drum of the Carnatic music tradition - Encyclopedia Britannica
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"The ghatam never lets me down" says exponent Tripunithura N Radhakrishnan - The New Indian Express
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When a Young Woman Responded to the Ghatams Pukaar - TheWire.in
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Inside ‘mihai’: How house music meets mridangam - The Hindu
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How Baithaks Are Bringing Young Men Back To Indian Classical Music - Esquire India
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Mridangam Maestro T. S. Nandakumar: A Cultural Ambassador of India - The Indian Panorama
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Anantha R. Krishnan on the Legacy and Future of Mridangam - Rolling Stone India
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Mridangist K.V. Prasad to be honoured with Sangeetha Choodamani - The Hindu
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Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman: Performing after 80 years at the venue where he made his debut - The Hindu
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Mridangist Thiruvaarur Bakthavathsalam traces his six-decade journey in rhythm - The Hindu
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Ed Sheeran’s love for the Indian ghatam: How this Mumbai percussionist landed in Ed’s latest album, ‘Play’ - The Hindu
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Brindha Manickavasakan’s concert featured both serene and vibrant songs - The Hindu
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"This award is the result of my hard work": Thiruvaarur Bakthavathsalam on receiving Padma Shri - aninews.in
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Carnatic vocalist TM Krishna takes on caste with mridangam beats in Lucknow - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Mridangam is like a living being: Anantha R Krishnan - The Hindu
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Thiruvarur Bakthavathsalam: The Rhythmic Maestro of Carnatic Music awarded Padma Shri 2026 - HinduPost
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Where rhythm meets graphite - DT Next
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When a mridangam maestro meets a Marxist leader - The Hindu
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How mridangam artistes like Patri Satish Kumar and Praveen Sparsh are giving the instrument a new look with thematic paintings - The Hindu
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Bringing Worlds Together - Yanchan Produced takes Tamil music to the NBA and beyond - Tamil Guardian
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The mridangam makers of Mylapore - PARI - People's Archive of Rural India
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With silence as his ally, mridangam stalwart K Arun Prakash is rewriting the rules of drumming - Scroll.in
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Indian Mridangam played along Chinese zither during jam session - news.cgtn.com
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Mridangam Reinvented - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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This mridangam is a glass apart - Deccan Chronicle
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Nellai Kannan on the art of playing the mridangam for dance - The Hindu
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The Science Behind South India’s Mridangam Drum – Hindu Press International - Hinduism Today
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Not true that people don’t understand, enjoy Carnatic music: Kishore Ramesh - The Statesman
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Carnatic adolescent: Southern Indian music recital is rite of passage for 11-year-old - Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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How Pudukottai style of mridangam playing came about - Inmathi
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Praveen Sparsh — Taking mridangam beyond traditional settings - The Hindu
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Mridangam artiste, Karaikudi Mani, no more - The Hindu
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The Nuanced Art of Mridangam Making Laced with Bias - thecitizen.in
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Inside the world of mridangam makers - The Hindu
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The mridangam rapper who is re-imagining hip-hop - The Hindu
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Mridangam maestro's master craftsmen - The Hindu
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The Durban Drummer - Hinduism Today
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A humane vidwan - The Hindu
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More than celebrating, I wanted to soak in the blessings of my guru: Neyveli Narayanan - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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The mridangam prodigy who set the stage on fire at 9 - Rediff
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The K Arun Prakash Interview: ‘My style is to highlight the composition and the singer, silence automatically happens’ - The Indian Express
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The Hindu Margazhi Classical Music Competition: Aayush Sriram Bharadwaj, first prize in Mridangam, 0-12 years - The Hindu
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Remembering a guru, who structured the art of mridangam playing - The Hindu
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How a mridangam led C V Raman to many a theory - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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The mridangam’s rhythm gets an electronic makeover - The Hindu
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Carnatic music’s pulse Karaikudi Mani’s mridangam falls silent - Inmathi
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Rising Stars: Meet Shivaraj Natraj - Voyage LA Magazine
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Audiences come to enjoy music, not to see your mathematical wizardry: Neyveli Venkatesh - The Indian Express
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Karaikudi Mani puts the mridangam on the global centre stage - The Hindu
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The Hindu Margazhi Classical Music Competition: Abhiram Nitin, third prize in Mridangam, 13-19 years - The Hindu
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How Palani Subramania Pillai’s mridangam playing was a lesson in accompaniment - The Hindu
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Mridangam maestro Guruvayur Durai honoured with Naadha Laya Siromani title - The Hindu
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The mridangam beat makers - The New Indian Express
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The lady of Mridangam street - Bangalore Mirror
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Playing the mridangam for Bharatanatyam - The Hindu
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Lecdem on mridangam - The Hindu
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Sambar, poli and mridangam: the legacy of Marathas - The Hindu
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Chenda meets mridangam in a rare percussion jugalbandi - The Hindu
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The Carnatic hip hop wave is rising, and the mridangam is at the centre of it - The Hindu
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Bringing the adavus alive - The Hindu
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Sreevalsan Thiyyadi reviews Musical Excellence of Mridangam, by Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman, T. Ramaswami & M.D. Naresh - The Hindu
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After Kalakshetra cancels, large crowd turns up for TM Krishna book launch in Chennai - The News Minute
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Magical fingers - Frontline Magazine
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Mridangam returns - Deccan Chronicle
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Priyanka trumps boys in Mridangam - Deccan Chronicle
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Musical accomplishment for Westboro boy - Worcester Telegram
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An artistic innovation on mridangam - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Maestro A V Anand, 90, to be feted on Saturday - Deccan Herald
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Mridangam state of mind with SVDP and Yanchan - The Hindu
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On his fingertips - The Hindu
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Karaikudi Mani, who revolutionised role of mridangam in concerts, no more - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Kerala: Mridangam prodigy wins PM Rashtriya Bal Puraskar - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Mridangam is muse for Patri Satish Kumar - The Hindu
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Chennai Margazhi young artiste of the day: K. Parthasaarathy - The Hindu
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Umayalpuram on his glass mridangam - The Hindu
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A family affair - The Hindu
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Mridangam exponent G. Babu on what inspires his music - The Hindu
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Mridangam artiste Vankayala Narasimham passes away - The Hindu
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A first-of-its-kind book on the anatomy of mridangam - The Hindu
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Artist Profiles: Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman - World Music Central
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A life dedicated to exquisite rhythms of Mridangam - The New Indian Express
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Mridangam vidwan honoured - The Hindu
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Sachin: ‘New aspects of Mridangam captivates me’ - The Hindu
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Artist Profiles: Karaikudi Mani - World Music Central
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Go vegan, musically - Deccan Herald
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Akshay Anand’s love for the mridangam is obvious in his playing - The Hindu
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A genius who redefined the art of mridangam playing - The Hindu
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Siddanth Raghavan has his mridangam arangetram - MYLAPORE TIMES -
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Legendary mridangam artiste Karaikudi Mani dies at 77 - The Federal
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What influenced Akshay Ram to learn mridangam? - The Hindu
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Nothing mechanical! - The Hindu
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'When I perform with youngsters, I get younger' - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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