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Sheila Kumar's Storehouse

Travel: Kerala Kalamandalam

Distant drums  Sheila Kumar visits the Santiniketan of the  South, the Kerala Kalamandalam  in  Cheruthuruthy As we drive into the green hamlet of Cheruthuruthy, the first sound that wafts over the air, over the rippling waters of the river Bharatapuzha, is the rhythmic pulse of the chenda drums.   A sound ubiquitous to all major temple festivals in…

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