Rhythms of Kerala: Pandi Melam | Kerala Tourism

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Pandi Melam is a traditional percussion concert of Kerala. The ensemble consists of instruments like chenda, ilathalam (cymbals), kuzhal and kombu. Pandi denotes a thaalam or rhythm with seven beats. A full-length pandi melam lasts for more than two-and-a-half hours. It has basically four stages, each of them with rhythmic cycles (thaalavattam) totalling 56, 28, 14 and seven respectively.
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