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{{Short description|Percussion instrument from Tamil Nadu}}
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{{more citations needed|date=November 2011}}
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A '''''thavil''''' ([[Tamil language|Tamil]]:தவில்) or '''''tavil''''' is a barrel-shaped [[percussion instrument]] from [[Tamil Nadu]]. It is used in temple, [[folk music|folk]] and [[Carnatic music]], often accompanying the ''[[nadaswaram]]''. The ''thavil'' and the ''nadaswaram'' are essential components of traditional festivals and ceremonies in South India.
A '''''thavil''''' ([[Tamil language|Tamil]]:தவில்) or '''''tavil''''' is a barrel-shaped [[percussion instrument]] from [[Tamil Nadu]]. It is also widely used in [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Karnataka]], [[Kerala]], [[Telangana]] and in the North and East of [[Sri Lanka]] (in the tamil majority area called [[Tamil Eelam]]). It is used in temple, [[folk music|folk]] and [[Carnatic music]], often accompanying the ''[[nadaswaram]]''. The ''thavil'' and the ''nadaswaram'' are essential components of traditional festivals and ceremonies in South India.


[[File:Thavilplayer.jpg|thumb|175px|Velliyambakkam VM Palanivel playing thavil - note that thavil sides are reversed, as the player is left handed]]
[[File:Thavilplayer.jpg|thumb|175px|Velliyambakkam VM Palanivel playing thavil - note that thavil sides are reversed, as the player is left handed]]
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* [[Valayapatti A. R. Subramaniam]]
* [[Valayapatti A. R. Subramaniam]]
* [[Haridwaramangalam A. K. Palanivel]]
* [[Haridwaramangalam A. K. Palanivel]]
* Thedchanamoorthy - Jaffna
* Vellore Dr. P.R.M. Venkateshan
* Dakshinamoorthy - Jaffna or Yaazhpaanam , Shri Lanka
* Needamangalam Meenakshi Sundaram Pillai
* Needamangalam Meenakshi Sundaram Pillai
* Thirunageshwaram Subramaniana Pillai
* Thirunageshwaram Subramanian Pillai
* Bhusurapalli Adiseshaiah
* Bhusurapalli Adisheshaiah
* Iluppur Panchami
* Iluppur Panchami
* Kumbakonam Thangavel Pillai
* Kumbakonam Thangavel Pillai
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* [[Thiruvalaputhur T A Kaliyamurthy]]
* [[Thiruvalaputhur T A Kaliyamurthy]]
* Tanjore T R Govindaraj
* Tanjore T R Govindaraj
* Shanmugam Thavil - Pondicherry
* Shanmugam Thavil - Puducherry
* Thiruppungur T G Muthukumarasamy
* Thiruppungur T G Muthukumarasamy
* Manarkudi thiru.m.r.vasudevan
* Mannaarkudi Thiru M.R.Vasudevan
* Thirumaignanam Narayanasamy pillai
* Thirumaignanam Narayanasamy Pillai
* Valiyambakkam V.M Ganapathy
* Gurumurthy Pandithar - Adelaide


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
{{Commons category|Thavil}}
 
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060329101116/http://www.akp.co.in/ Thavil Maestro Haridwaramangalam Sri. A.K. Palanivel]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060329101116/http://www.akp.co.in/ Thavil Maestro Haridwaramangalam Sri. A.K. Palanivel]


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