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History of the Mridangam: The Ancient Roots of Carnatic Music’s King of Percussion Before microphones existed, before concert halls were built, and before modern music theory gave rhythm mathematical names, a barrel-shaped drum echoed through Indian temples, royal courts, devotional gatherings, and sacred performances. Its sound carried authority. Not loud authority. Rhythmic authority. That instrumentContinue reading “History of the Mridangam”