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Traditional Temple Art Forms of Kerala
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    Posted: 04-Dec-2010 at 08:42

There are many traditional temple art forms in Kerala.Below is the link to a few of it as well as the instruments used

http://keralavadyakala.com/index.php?id=9


http://keralavadyakala.com/index.php?id=40


http://keralavadyakala.com/index.php?id=39


http://keralavadyakala.com/index.php?id=38


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http://keralavadyakala.com/index.php?id=10

http://keralavadyakala.com/index.php?id=30

http://keralavadyakala.com/index.php?id=29

http://keralavadyakala.com/index.php?id=28

http://keralavadyakala.com/index.php?id=27

http://keralavadyakala.com/index.php?id=26

http://keralavadyakala.com/index.php?id=25

http://keralavadyakala.com/index.php?id=24

http://keralavadyakala.com/index.php?id=23
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Panchari melam is one of the temple art forms
About Panchari melam

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panchari_melam
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Panchari Melam Performance normally lasts for 4 hours.It is performed at 5 different akshara Kalams onnam kalam or 1st kalam,randam kalam or 2nd kalam,moonnam kalam or 3rd kalam,naalam kalam or fourth kalam and finaly comes to an end at Ancham kalam or 5th kalam
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Melam being performed at Thrissur during Pooram Festival in front of decorated Elephants
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Pancha Vadyam is another art form performed in the temples of Kerala during festivals.This too lasts for acouple of hours.It is entirely different from Panchari melam.There are some common instruments used for both Melam and Pancha vadyam ie Kombu(semi circular pipe) and Ilathalam(Heavy bronze cymbals), but other than these the main instruments are different.
Main Instruments of Panchavadyam are Thimila,Maddhalam & Idakka.The descriptions with photos are given in the links at the start of the topic.

Panchavadyam being performed
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Panchavadyam Photos




The instruments shown above are called Thimila
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