The symbol most commonly used to represent Dhanishta is the drum known as the mridanga, and the flute.

The three legends are revered as the "Holy Trinity of Mridanga".

The Mridanga trinity influenced one another and drew inspiration by listening to one another.

A highlight of the concert was that the mridanga accompaniment was provided by the famous Azhagianambi Pillai.

Shankar is a traditionally trained carnatic vocalist and mridangist and had his mridanga debut concert at the age of eleven.

He developed a way of very simply singing the Gita with a nursery-rhyme type of tune that anyone can follow, accompanied by kartals and mridanga (drum).

Govindaswamy Pillai himself provided the violin accompaniment while Dakshinamurthy Pillai played the mridanga.

One of the earliest Nepal Bhasa manuscripts on music is a treatise on this instrument called Mridanga anukaranam.

Mridanga Ratnam title from Raja Rajeshwari Kalakshethram, Guruvayoor in 1994.

Mridanga Kalanidhi title from Nair Service Society, Muscat Chapter.

The most famous ones of these are Taal anukaranam, Mridanga Anukaranam, Panchataal baaja.

Mridanga Kalashiromani title from Palghat Mani Iyer Foundation, Bangalore in 2007.

"Mridanga Vadya Chatura" from Anna Nagar Music Circle, Chennai in the year 2008.

As a result Vaishnav Palakirtan with Mridanga and Kartalaa became the most prominent factor in Bishnupriya manipuri fine arts.

An ardent devotee of Lord Shiva, used his thousand arms to play the Mridanga when Shiva was performing the tandava dance.

Anantha Bhagavatar himself provided the violin accompaniment, while mridanga support was given by well-known stage actor Chokkanathapuram Ayya Bhagavatar.

Vishnujana was especially well known within ISKCON for his singing voice, and skill at playing instruments, such as the harmonium and mridanga.

Mention is found in his works of stringed instruments such as the kinnari and aghouti, and of drums such as the mridanga and daff.

Satish Kumar is a recipient of the Mridanga Naada Mani and Navayuga Nandhi titles.

Mridanga Kala Shironmani (Percussive Arts Centre, Bangalore)

The traditional Goan musical instruments include dhol, mridanga, tabla, ghumat, kasale, madlem, shehnai, surt, tasso, nagado, and tambura.

He had undergone preliminary lessons in Mridangam from father Mridanga Vidwan Muthukulam S. Kumara Pillai.

Early forms of Durgostavs (Durga festivals) were primarily private worship in personal residences with the use of various musical instruments such as the mridanga, mandira, and smakhya.

The concert, featuring as sidemen Govindaswamy Pillai on the violin, Azhagunambi Pillai on the mridanga and Dakshinamurthy Pillai on the kanjira, was an impressive effort.