The name derives from two Malayalam or Sanskrit words: Sopanam and Sangeetham. The word Sopanam refers to the sacred steps of main shrine of a temple and Sangeetham refers to music.[citation needed]
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Sopana sangeetham (music), as the very name suggests, is sung by the side of the holy steps (sopanam) leading to the sanctum sanctorum of a shrine. It is sung, typically employing plain notes, to the accompaniment of the small, hourglass-shaped ethnic drum called 'edakka' or idakka, besides the chengila or the handy metallic gong to sound the beats. Sopanam is traditionally sung by men of the Maarar and Pothuval castes of Ambalavasi (semi-Brahmin) community, engaged to do it as their hereditary profession.[2]
The late Njeralattu Rama Poduval of Thirumandhamkunnu bani, Janardhanan Nedungadi of Guruvayoor, Sri Jyothidas Guruvayoordasan, Damodara Marar, a practitioner of the temple art called Mudiyettu, from Pazhoor and Sadanam Divakara Marar, master percussionist.[3]
^"Chat Corner - Singing for the gods". The Hindu. 7 July 2011.
^"Sopana Sangeetham and Idaykka | chintha". from the original on 15 February 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
^"Divakara Marar". The Hindu. 31 July 2014. from the original on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
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