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'''Sadanam Vasudevan''' (born 1945) is an Indian percussionist who plays the [[chenda]] (a traditional Kerala drum).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Nirupama Chaturvedi |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Dances |date=2007 |isbn=978-8-1261-3119-8 |page=80|publisher=Anmol Publications Pvt. Limited }}</ref> He is a well-known artist in both [[Thayambaka]] and [[Kathakali]] performances.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thumping success |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/thumping-success/article5940315.ece |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=24 April 2014}}</ref><ref name="Bio">{{cite web |title=Sadanam Vasudevan |url=https://www.keralatourism.org/kerala-article/2013/sadanam-vasudevan-percussionist/456 |publisher=Kerala Tourism |access-date=4 March 2023}}</ref> He received the Pallavur Appu Marar Award from the Kerala government in 2013.<ref>{{cite news |title=State Kathakali award for Nelliyodu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/state-kathakali-award-for-nelliyodu/article5500798.ece |access-date=4 March 2023 |work=The Hindu}}</ref> He also received the [[Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Fellowship]] in 2019.<ref name="2019:">{{cite news |title=ബിയാട്രിസിനും സദനം വാസുദേവനും വി. സുരേന്ദ്രനും : സംഗീത നാടക അക്കാദമി ഫെലോഷിപ്പ് |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/thrissur/news/17sep2020-1.5059163 |access-date=4 March 2023 |newspaper=[[Mathrubhumi]] |date=17 September 2020 |language=ml |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200917025610/https://www.mathrubhumi.com/thrissur/news/17sep2020-1.5059163 |archive-date=17 September 2020}}</ref> <br />
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Born in 1945 as the son of Karimpnaykkal Meenakshi Amma and Chenankara Gopalan Nair in [[Angadipuram]] in [[Malabar District|Malabar]], Sadanam Vasudevan started learning Chenda at the age of seven.<ref name="Bio"/> He later joined the [[Gandhi Seva Sadan]] (Sadanam), a leading Kathakali institution in Perur village near [[Ottappalam]] in [[Palghat]], and continued his studies as a disciple of Pallassana Chandramannadiar. He later became a chenda teacher at Sadanam.<ref name="Bio"/> He is the guru of many famous artists like [[Mattannoor Sankarankutty]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Resounding success |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/resounding-success/article4769091.ece |access-date=4 March 2023 |work=The Hindu}}</ref> He is also proficient in playing [[Madhalam]], [[Idakka]], and [[Timila]].{{fact|date=July 2025}}<br />
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