In the quiet, pre-dawn hours of the Hindu month of Karthika or Dhanurmas , a specific sound cuts through the mist of Telugu-speaking neighborhoods across the globe. It is not the clanging of a temple bell, nor the whisper of a mantra. It is the raw, pounding, earthy beat of the dappu (a traditional frame drum) mixed with a voice that sounds less like singing and more like a divine summon.
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"Dappu vintunte nanu, Ayyappa la ne marustundi..." ("When I hear the drum, I forget myself and become Ayyappa.") In the quiet, pre-dawn hours of the Hindu