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'''Marar''' is the name given to the caste of hereditary temple musicians<ref name=":1">Bodies of Silence, Floods of Nectar: Ritual Music in Contemporary Brahmanical Tantric Temples of Kerala. Yale Journal of Music & Religion: Vol. 7: No. 2, Article 2.</ref> of [[Travancore]], [[Kingdom of Cochin|Cochin]] and [[Malabar District|Malabar]] region in the state of [[Kerala]], whose primary duty was to provide the traditional temple ''[[Sopanam]]'' music.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}} They belong to [[Ambalavasi|ambalavasi caste]]<ref name=":0">{{cite web |date=April 2019 |title=THE INDIGENOUS MUSIC OF KERALA 'SOPANA SANGEETHAM |url=https://anandfoundation.com/indigenous-music-kerala-sopana-sangeetham/}}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/idakka-the-folk-instrument-of-kerala/article25840844.ece | title=It is God's own instrument | newspaper=The Hindu | date=27 December 2018 }}</ref> (Forward caste).<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Articles On Shadkala Govinda Marar and Sopanasangeetham |url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/20480169/Articles-on-Shadkala-Govinda-Marar-am-Sopanasangeetham |website=scribd.com/}}</ref> Marar ladies are called Marasyar.
'''Marar''' is the name given to the caste of hereditary temple musicians<ref name=":1">Bodies of Silence, Floods of Nectar: Ritual Music in Contemporary Brahmanical Tantric Temples of Kerala. Yale Journal of Music & Religion: Vol. 7: No. 2, Article 2.</ref> of [[Travancore]], [[Kingdom of Cochin|Cochin]] and [[Malabar District|Malabar]] region in the state of [[Kerala]], whose primary duty was to provide the traditional temple ''[[Sopanam]]'' music.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}} They belong to [[Ambalavasi|ambalavasi caste]]<ref name=":0">{{cite web |date=April 2019 |title=THE INDIGENOUS MUSIC OF KERALA 'SOPANA SANGEETHAM |url=https://anandfoundation.com/indigenous-music-kerala-sopana-sangeetham/}}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/idakka-the-folk-instrument-of-kerala/article25840844.ece | title=It is God's own instrument | newspaper=The Hindu | date=27 December 2018 }}</ref> (Forward caste).<ref name=":0" />


Paani, the indispensable part of high tantric rituals of temple such as ulsavabali, sreeboothabali etc. is  another main hereditory temple profession of marar.<ref>kshethra chaithanya rahasyam, 1988, madhav. kerala kshethra samparakshana samithi</ref><ref>https://malayalimanasu.com/us-news/arivinte-muthukal-7/ PMN namboothiri</ref> They were also known for their playing of [[chenda]] (valam thala represents deva vadyam (usually play inside the nalambalam) and edam thala reprasents asura vadyam) and [[idakka]]<ref>Sopana sangeetham, Ooramana Rajendra marar</ref><ref name=":2" />(deva vadyam) in temples<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Vishnu |first1=Achutha Menon |title=The Rhythmic Structure of Melam |journal=The Chitrolekha Journal on Art and Design |date=2020 |volume=4 |issue=2 |pages=1–14 |doi=10.21659/cjad.42.v4n202 |s2cid=242270596 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/tripunithura-krishnadas-ensured-edakka-is-heard-on-new-platforms/article7226962.ece|title=On a journey with the edakka|date=21 May 2015|accessdate=29 March 2023|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> ''Sopanadwani''<ref>{{Cite web |title=SOPANADHWANI |url=https://www.readwhere.com/magazine/marar-sabha/SOPANADHWANI/32407 |access-date=2022-10-28 |website=Readwhere - India's Largest Digital Newsstand}}</ref> is the monthly publication of ''Akhila Kerala Marar Kshema Sabha''. Marars were considered as antharala jathikal (between brahmin and Sudra).
Paani, the indispensable part of high tantric rituals of temple such as ulsavabali, sreeboothabali etc. is  another main hereditory temple profession of marar.<ref>kshethra chaithanya rahasyam, 1988, madhav. kerala kshethra samparakshana samithi</ref><ref>https://malayalimanasu.com/us-news/arivinte-muthukal-7/ PMN namboothiri</ref> They were also known for their playing of [[chenda]] (valam thala represents deva vadyam (usually play inside the nalambalam) and edam thala reprasents asura vadyam) and [[idakka]]<ref>Sopana sangeetham, Ooramana Rajendra marar</ref><ref name=":2" />(deva vadyam) in temples<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Vishnu |first1=Achutha Menon |title=The Rhythmic Structure of Melam |journal=The Chitrolekha Journal on Art and Design |date=2020 |volume=4 |issue=2 |pages=1–14 |doi=10.21659/cjad.42.v4n202 |s2cid=242270596 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/tripunithura-krishnadas-ensured-edakka-is-heard-on-new-platforms/article7226962.ece|title=On a journey with the edakka|date=21 May 2015|accessdate=29 March 2023|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> ''Sopanadwani''<ref>{{Cite web |title=SOPANADHWANI |url=https://www.readwhere.com/magazine/marar-sabha/SOPANADHWANI/32407 |access-date=2022-10-28 |website=Readwhere - India's Largest Digital Newsstand}}</ref> is the monthly publication of ''Akhila Kerala Marar Kshema Sabha''. Marars were considered as antharala jathikal (between brahmin and Sudra).

Revision as of 10:20, 23 October 2023

This article is about a Hindu caste. For the UAE tribe namesake, see Marar (tribe). For the place namesake, see Marar, Ramgarh. For other uses, see Marar (disambiguation).

Marar
ClassificationTemple musicians, Musicians caste
ReligionsHinduism
LandIndien

Marar is the name given to the caste of hereditary temple musicians[1] of Travancore, Cochin and Malabar region in the state of Kerala, whose primary duty was to provide the traditional temple Sopanam music.[citation needed] They belong to ambalavasi caste[2][1][3] (Forward caste).[2]

Paani, the indispensable part of high tantric rituals of temple such as ulsavabali, sreeboothabali etc. is  another main hereditory temple profession of marar.[4][5] They were also known for their playing of chenda (valam thala represents deva vadyam (usually play inside the nalambalam) and edam thala reprasents asura vadyam) and idakka[6][3](deva vadyam) in temples[7][8] Sopanadwani[9] is the monthly publication of Akhila Kerala Marar Kshema Sabha. Marars were considered as antharala jathikal (between brahmin and Sudra).

References

  1. ^ a b Bodies of Silence, Floods of Nectar: Ritual Music in Contemporary Brahmanical Tantric Temples of Kerala. Yale Journal of Music & Religion: Vol. 7: No. 2, Article 2.
  2. ^ a b "THE INDIGENOUS MUSIC OF KERALA 'SOPANA SANGEETHAM". April 2019.
  3. ^ a b "It is God's own instrument". The Hindu. 27 December 2018.
  4. ^ kshethra chaithanya rahasyam, 1988, madhav. kerala kshethra samparakshana samithi
  5. ^ https://malayalimanasu.com/us-news/arivinte-muthukal-7/ PMN namboothiri
  6. ^ Sopana sangeetham, Ooramana Rajendra marar
  7. ^ Vishnu, Achutha Menon (2020). "The Rhythmic Structure of Melam". The Chitrolekha Journal on Art and Design. 4 (2): 1–14. doi:10.21659/cjad.42.v4n202. S2CID 242270596.
  8. ^ "On a journey with the edakka". 21 May 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2023 – via www.thehindu.com.
  9. ^ "SOPANADHWANI". Readwhere - India's Largest Digital Newsstand. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
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