Triputa

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This forms the 5th Taalam out of the 7 taals in Carnatic music. Matya taal has 1 Laghu followed by 2 Dhrut (Symbol   l00).

 Below is the chart showing the details of Triputa Talam in 5 different Jaatis.


Note : We will very soon upload the videos explaining this chart on our Youtube channel.


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