We were at the Kanchipuram Kamakshi temple for the Brahmotsavam. The goddess, in Mohini alankaram, was taken around the streets in a golden palanquin, to the accompaniment of rhythmic beats from a ...

For as long as they can remember, residents of the coastal town of Muthupettai in Tiruvarur district have heard a distinct booming drum beat from the mosque adjoining the Sheikh Dawood Kamil Valiyulla ...

Ahmedabad: The city’s Dabgar community, traditionally associated with making percussion instruments, has made a nagara (drum) for the Ram Temple in Ayodhya. The community’s Nagara Committee told TOI ...

Often performed to the music of the Nagara drum, the dance honours the goddess Saraswathi, among other deities. Ramdhani’s study revealed that masculinity is not a rigid category, but one that can ...