surrounding the musicians and following the progress of the melam. Major venues Panchari melam, in its grand classical form, is staged during temple festivals in and around Thrissur and Ernakulam districts . Tripunithura Sree Poornathrayesa Temple Vrischikolsavam is considered one of the best venues of Panchari Melam where one can encounter Panchari Melams at its sublime best. Irinjalakkuda Koodalmanikyam Temple's annual festival is also another renowned venue for Panchari Melam. Peruvanam Pooram, Arattupuzha Pooram, Kuttanellur Pooram, Edakkunni Uthram Vilakku, Kuzhur Subrahmanya Swamy Temple, Ernakulathappan Temple are some of the other known venues of pancharimelam . Leading masters Among the leading masters of Panchari melam today are Peruvanam Kuttan Marar, kizhakoot Aniyan Marar, Madathil Narayanankutty Marar, Kelath Aravindan Marar, Mattannur Sankarankutty Marar, Thiruvalla Radhakrishnan Marar, Pazhuvil Raghu Marar, vellithiruthy unni nair , Cheranallore Shankarankutty Marar, Peruvanam Satheesan Marar, Kelath Prabhakaran Marar, Karimpuzha Gopi Poduval, Cherussery Kuttan Marar, Kanhangad Muraleedhara Marar, Payyavoor Narayana Marar, Chowalloor Mohanan nair, iringapuram babu, Guruvayoor Haridas, RLV Mahesh, Cheruthazham Achuthananda Marar, Chittannur Madhusoodhanan Marar, Peruvanam Prakashan Marar, Peruvanam Sankararnarayanan Marar, Chendamangalam Unnikrishna Marar and Kalamandalam Sivadasan, Cherussery Sreekumar Marar. Kodakara unni, Thrithala Sreeni Poduval, Mannarkkad Haridas Marar, Mannarkkad Mohandas Marar, kalamandalam sivadas Late panchari melam masters of the recent past include Late Shri Pandarathil Kuttappa Marar, Peruvanam Narayana Marar, Peruvanam Appu Marar, Kumarapurathu Appu Marar, Chakkamkulam Appu Marar, Thrippekulam Achutha Marar, Late Madathil GopalaMarar, Karimpuzha Rama Poduval, Mulangunnathukavu Appukutta Kurup, Pandarathil Murali, Kachamkurichi Kannan, Kuruppath Eachara Marar, Karekkattu Eachara Marar, Pattirathu Sankara Marar and Makkoth Nanu Marar The Great Thrimoorthies In All Late :Shri Pandarathil Kuttappa Marar, Late:Makoth Sankaran kutty Marar, Anthikad Raman Kutty Marar. Three of them learned the Thayambaka from Late Shri Thiyadi Naimbair. See also Pandi Melam Panchavadyam Thayambaka References External links Melam Collections Kerala music Percussion ensembles Indian musical groups Hindu music Culture of Kerala