Parai Musical International Awards is named after an India’s most famous, emotional musical instrument “Parai”. It is a traditional percussion instrument (Drum) of South India having its root in Tamilnadu (Tamil speaking South Indian state). In Tamil language which is one of the oldest languages of the world, “Parai” means “To speak” or “To tell”. 

This is the reason behind naming our festival with such an emotional, musical word “Parai”. We at PMIA, focus towards finding and recognizing the extreme talents in the field of music. There are so many minds behind this Music world.