• Panchari Melam popularly known as “Panchari” and “Panchakarika” in old texts is an ethnic drum ensemble comprises of instruments such as Chenda, Ilathalam, Kombu and Kuzhal. It is a six beat thalam comparable to Roopakathalam in Carnatic Music and Daadra in Hindustani music. In this process generally there are 5 tempos (Kaalam) of playing the instruments. Some places it is 6 including the “Pathi Kaalam”. Tripunithura Sree Poornathrayeesa Temple Vrishchikolsavam is one of the prominent venue where Panchari Melam is staged.

Panchavadhyam, plainly orchestra of five instruments (Pancha – Five; Vadhyam – Instrument), is a temple art form that has evolved in Kerala. It comprises of four percussion instruments (Thimila, Madhalam, Ilathalam, Idakka) and one wind instrument (Kombu). Though a temple art it has come out of its boundaries and has now become a generic art form irrespective of any barriers.

Singapore Pooram 2023 will have a Grand Finale (Kalasakottu) with participation from multi-cultural, multi racial artists groups of Singapore.  2023 Pooram Committee will be collaborating with Indian Heritage Centre as well as diverse cultural and linguistic groups, and various Tamil and Malayali clusters to accentuate the Indian cultural harmony and to emphasise the expression “Unity in Diversity”. Pooram 2023 will have representations from Chinese, Malay, Indonesian and Indian communities to demonstrate Singapore’s identity of harmonious multi racial society.