Mattannoor Sankarankutty
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Mattanur Sankarankutty Marar (M. P. Sankara Marar) is an Indian percussionist who plays the chenda (a traditional Kerala drum), Thayambaka, Panchari melam, and Panchavadyam. He was born in Mattanur in Kannur district of Kerala.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He was awarded the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award in 1996,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2009<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2012.<ref name="SNA Awardees' List">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Mattanur, as he is known, is married to Bharathi, a native of Tirur in Malappuram district. They have two sons, Mattannur Sreekanth and Mattannur Sreeraj, and a daughter named Mattannur Saranya. Both Sreekanth and Sreeraj are also popular Thayambaka artists. Triple Thayambakas played by father and sons are very popular in Kerala.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news </ref>
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- Living people
- Indian percussionists
- Malayali people
- People from Kannur district
- Recipients of the Padma Shri in arts
- Chenda players
- Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
- Musicians from Kerala
- 20th-century Indian drummers
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- Recipients of the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award