The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c9.210

c9.210

Religious hymns, called Yallapathams and Tathvams, are largely sung by the lower orders. They are very lugubrious and monotonous, and are invariably in the râga Yedukula-Kambógi. The former are funeral dirges, the latter allegorical chants sung at religious gatherings. The following example of a Yallapatham shows the nature of these songs—