NJERALATHU Rama Pothuval, A RENOWNED ARTIST, WHO REJUVENATED SOPAANA SANGEETHAM-THE TRADITIONALTEMPLE MUSIC OF KERALA -ENTHRALLED THE MUSIC LOVERS OF KERALA FOR A DECADE. HE BROUGHT OUT THIS ART FROM THE WALLS OF THE TEMPLE AND MADE THIS ART POPULAR AMONG THE PEOPLE. HE RECIEVED MORE THAN 10 DIFFERENT AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS FROM BOTH GOVT.AND NGOS WITHIN HIS 80 YEARS OF LIFE. IN 1996 AUGUST 13 RAAMAPOTHUVAAL DIED LEAVING A GREAT ARTFORM IN HIS NAME.
ANANDA SIVARAMAN IS THE SEVENTH SON OF NJERALATHU RAAMAPOTHUVAAL AND KOLLEERI LAKSHMI KUTTI AMMA. HE WAS BORN IN 1977 MARCH 24. JUST AFTER HIS SECONDARY EDUCATION, HE DONE HIS TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN WOOD LAITH FROM GOVT. POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE PERINTALMANNA. THEN HE ALSO CONCENTRATED IN THE CREATION OF THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT “ IDAYKKA “ WHICH USED BY HIS FATHER AS A PART OF HIS PROFFESSION. HIS FATHER DIDN’T HAS AN IDAYKKA AS HIS OWN AND IT WAS A PAIN TO THIS YOUNGMAN. SIVARAMAN DIDN’T FORGET TO BYHEART THE SCALES AND MEASURES OF THIS IDAYKKA BEFORE THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER. BUT HE INDULGED IN THE CREATION OF IDAYKKA ONLY AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER.
HE COULD SALE MANY IDAYKKAS WHILE HE WORKING AS A CARPENTER IN DIFFERENT FURNITURE MANUFACTURING COMPANIES. FOUR OF HIS INSTRUMENTS BOUGHT BY THE FORIEGNERS OF U.S.A.,FRANCE AND DUBAI. TODAY HE IS THE ONLY MAN IN ALL OVER INDIA WHO KNOWS TO MAKE THE SACRED TEMPLE INSTRUMENT IDAYKKA IN ITS COMPLETE FORM. THE APPROXIMATE COAST OF THIS INSTRUMENT IS RUPEES 8000 [INDIAN MONEY]. ON 2003 SEPTEMBER 13TH HE MARRIED THE ELDER DAUGHTER OF KANNATH VAASUDEVAN AND NALINI, MS.SAJINI WHO RESIDES AT THE VILLAGE RAAMAPURAM OF HIS SAME DISTRICT. AT PRESENT HE RESIDES NEAR TO HIS ANCESTRAL HOME AT PAALAKKODE VILLAGE OF MALAPPURAM DISTRICT, KERALA STATE IN SOUTH INDIA.
ALL THE MAJOR TELEVISION CHANNELS AND NEWS PAPERS ARE HIGHLIGHTED SIVARAMAN IN THE FORM OF REPORTS AND FEATURE FILMS CONSIDERING HIS VERY SPECIAL AND VERY RARE TALENTS. THE INSTRUMENT IDAYKKA IS THE COMBINATION OF WOOD, SKIN, CLOTH AND THREAD. SIVARAAMAN IS AN EXPERT OF ALL THESE WORK AND HIS NAME BE THE ONLY ONE WHICH WILL REMEMBER BY THE WORLD RELATED TO THIS INSTRUMENT IN THE FUTURE. SIVARAMAN’S MOTHER,FOUR BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS ARE STILL ALIVE. ONE OF HIS BROTHER NAMED HARI GOVINDAN IS A POPULAR MUSICIAN OF SOPAANA SANGEETHAM IN THEIR STATE. |
