mridangam
noun /mrɪˈdʌŋəm/
  /mrɪˈdʌŋəm/
[countable, uncountable] (Indian English)- a drum with two heads, one larger than the other, that you play with your hands and fingers
- At the school, young boys thump mridangams and drums.
 - musicians on the veena, violin, keyboard, flute and mridangam
 - dancing to flute and mridangam