Saxaphone vs Nadaswaram

[annamalai]

Increasingly, I find Saxaphone more popular than Nadaswaram; in marriages, and even in temple festivals. I was at Navarathri Utsavam in a temple and the mangala vadhyam was Saxaphone.

Saxaphone has a pleasant, baritone sound (sugam sangeeth) and is good for light ragas like sindhubhairavi, Revathi, Kadanakuduhalam ... etc. but in my view, saxaphone does not have the grandeur of Nadaswaram - Kamboji, or thodi etc or ability to generate the power packed sangathis in the famous Thyagaraja krithis.

[harimau]

Saxophone is the plague of Karnataka.

Mandolin is the curse of Andhra.

Not to be outdone, Tamil Nadu has the keyboard!

[Rsachi]

What a state of affairs in CM!
Kerala still has the chance to adopt Bul Bul Tara.

[Rsachi]

Vid. Marar playing Endaro Mahanubhavulu in Travancore. Note the pick-up wire.