It is a Sunday morning and we are at the Ayyappa Temple at Kopar Khairane, to meet K Madavankutty, a chenda expert who has been conducting classes within the temple’s premises, and other parts of New ...

At first glance the two instruments don’t seem to make a perfect match — in size, shape, or sound. They are also not played the same way. But a Double Thayambaka featuring chenda and mridangam showed ...