Mattukaran

Sat, 25 Sep 2021 06:12:10 +0000

Kurai onrum illai (no worries) the song composed by non-other than Rajaji as he was fondly remembered and rendered by incomparable MS came floating in the air played in Nadaswaram. I marched eagerly towards the balcony to catch a glimpse of the player of this music. There he was the artist mendicant accompanied by the decorated bull. Memories came flooding from the childhood. Then he was called boom boom Mattukaran (mattukaran meaning man with the bull) and the boom boom referring to the drum he used to carry. My grandmother would give some food and money. He would go door to door.