Hanuman

Having worked at Chandamama for over six decades, Karatholuvu Chandrasekaran Sivasankaran is known for his creation of the Vikram Vetala sketches.

Anakaputhur is a suburb of Chennai that lies a little beyond the international airport on the banks of the Adyar. Around 15-years-ago, a group of third-generation weavers of this village decided to stray away from a tradition of almost 9 decades.

While various versions and renditions of Valmiki’s Ramayana have surfaced over centuries in different parts of the subcontinent, the narrative has always lingered around Prince Rama’s perspective, quite similar to the original poem.

"For household needs and firewood, we simply collect the stems of those trees which have fallen naturally or have rotted over time"

Tracing the journey of the Mukkuvar Community and offering a glimpse into the fascinating history of the Ravanahatha, one of the earliest violins in recorded history.