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Home > Kerala Temples > Musical Instruments > Kurumkuzhal KurumkuzhalKurumkuzhalKurumkuzhal is a small piped instrument, similar to the shape of naagaswaram (naadaswaram). It has a length of 10 angulams (excluding the horn-portion) and is made of the wood acchamaram (Anjan) which is a black coloured wood commonly found. in Tamil Nadu. The diameter at the blowing end is half angulam and at the starting place of horn is .one angulam. The size of the horn which is fitted at the end has a length of 3 angulams and diameter of two and half angulams at its widest part. The kurumkuzhal has seven holes at its body on the front portion and a small hole at the bottom nearer to the mouth of the pipe. At the mouth different sizes of seevali grass are fixed for getting appropriate svaras. Seevali is a particular type of round shaped grass found in certain graamams near Thanchavoor in Tamil nadu. The grass is steamed along with the steaming of paddy and then cut into appropriate sizes and made in the shape of triangle producing different svaras. According to the thaanthric systems followed in Kerala, kurumkuzhal has to be used within naalambalam. Naagaswaram has to be played outside naalambalam. Along with kurumkuzhal an¬other piped instrument is also used to set the Sruthi (base tune). Kurumkuzhal is used for kuzhal-paatt and in all other important temple rites besides using it in kriya-pancha-vaadya, panchaari-mela and paanti-mela. Some of the skilled pipers play the kurumkuzhal producing thrilling varnas, raagas, pallavi and keerthanas.
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