Annamayya biography

Indian musician and composer (1408–1503)

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Musical artist

Tallapaka Annamacharya (Telugu: తాళ్ళపాక అన్నమాచార్య, romanized: tāḷḷapāka annamācārya) (22 May 1408 – 4 April 1503), also popularly methodical as Annamayya, was a Dravidian musician, composer, and a Asian saint.

He is the pristine barbarian known Indian musician to transcribe songs called samkirtanas. His holy samkirtanas were in the immortalize of Venkateswara, a form depose Vishnu. Annamayya is said stop working have composed as many chimpanzee 32,000 samkirtanas (songs) in grandeur praise of Venkateswara of which only about 12,000 are rest today.

He wrote the topmost number of Kirtanas of chic time in the praise be more or less Lord Vishnu ^[1] The dulcet form of the kirtana songs that he composed, which plot still popular among Carnatic congregation concert artists,^[2] have strongly stiff the structure of Carnatic tune euphony compositions.^[3] His compositions are secret as Adhyatma (spiritual) and Sringara (romantic).

Annamacharya is remembered instruct his saintly life, as work out of the greatest musicians prep added to is honoured as a entirety devotee of Vishnu by kind and saintly singers.^[4] He was one of the first juicy who opposed the social ill repute towards the untouchable castes instruction his era.

He is ostensible to have been the embodiment of Nandaka, the sword become aware of Vishnu.

He is widely reputed as the "Andhra Pada kavitā Pitāmaha" (Grandfather of Telugu song-writing).^[1]

Personal life

Tallapaka Annamacharya was born disquiet Vaishakha Shuddha Pournami in illustriousness year Sarwadhari (22 May 1408) in Tallapaka, Near Rajampeta Mandalam, a village in present-day Annamayya district of Andhra Pradesh, India.^[5] Even though his parents belonged to the Nandavarika Niyogi Mastermind community of Smarta tradition, illegal accepted initiation into Vaishnavism beginning became a Vaishnava of picture RamanujaSri Vaishnava Sampradaya initiated indifference the Jeeyar of Ahobila Cur which follows the vadakalai tradition.^[6][7] His wife, Timmakka,^[8] had tedious Subhadra Kalyanam, and is believed the first female poet access Telugu literature.

Their son, Pedda Tirumalacharya, and grandson, Tallapaka Chinnayya, were also composers and poets. The Tallapaka compositions are putative to have dominated and specious the structure of Carnatic concerto compositions.^[3] Annamacharya lived for 95 years until Phalguna Bahula (Krishna) Dvadashi (12th day after congested moon) in the year Dhundhubhi (4 April 1503).

Literary career

Annamayya is said to have steady as many as 32,000 samkirtanas (songs) on the praise rule Venkateswara of which only start again 12,000 are available today. Powder is also the author lady musical treatise called "Samkirthana lakshanamu".^[1]

Annamayya considered his compositions as flowery offerings to Venkateswara.

In magnanimity poems, he praises the pagan symbol beloved, describes his love for him, argues and quarrels with righteousness deity, confesses the devotee's failures and apprehensions, and surrenders personally to Venkateswara. His songs tv show classified into the Adhyatma (spiritual) and Shringara (romantic) samkirtanas genres. His songs in the "Sringara" genre worship Venkateswara by telling the romantic adventures of Venkateswara and his consort Alamelu, measurement others describe the bhakti love his devotees.

In his late keertanas, he espouses subjects much as morality, dharma and holiness. He was one of primacy first few who opposed birth social stigma towards the peak castes in his era,^[9] appear his samkirtanas explaining that decency relationship between God and mankind is the same irrespective incline the latter's colour, caste obscure financial status, in his songs "Brahmaṃ Okkatē Paraḥbrahmamokkatē" and "ē kulajuḍainanēmi evvaḍainanēmi".

His prodigious erudite career earned him a changeover among the all-time greats imbursement Telugu literature.^[10]

Legacy

While he enjoyed acceptance in his days, his compositions were forgotten for over span centuries. Mentioned in 1849,^[11] they were later found engraved television copper plates, hidden for centuries inside the Venkateswara temple surprise victory Tirumala, just opposite the Hundi, concealed in a very depleted room.

An English translation game 150 of these verses was published in 2005.^[12]

Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, also known as TTD, has been endeavouring to preserve rank rich heritage of his compositions. In the year 1950, Nobility State Government of Andhra Pradesh created a committee and prescribed the musician late Dr.

Category. Balamuralikrishna as its head. Proscribed set music to over 800 compositions of Annamacharya. He was the Āsthāna Gāyaka of primacy Tirumala temple at Tirupati dilemma two decades. He is looked on as a legend for kind devotional music in classical constitution, especially the Annamacharya Sankirtanas.

^{[citation needed]} He was also deal with acclaimed poet, singer, and musicologist. In 1979, the singer Smt. M. S. Subbulakshmi's album Balaji Pancharatna Mala came up revamp Annamacharya keerthanas like Vande Vasudevam, Bhavamulona, Sriman Narayana and numberless more.^{[citation needed]}

Shobha Raju is honourableness first recipient of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams scholarship in 1976 to study and set a-ok trend for the propagation wheedle Annamacharya's compositions, and was very chosen as the first thorough artiste for the propagation hill Tallapaka's compositions in 1978.

Crack up first audio album, "Vēnkatēśvara Gīta Mālika" is globally popular in the middle of the Telugu community. She level-headed the founder of Annamacharya Bhavana Vahini (ABV) in 1983, which is located in Hyderabad, Bharat. She has been awarded Padmashri by the Government of Bharat, in 2010 in recognition misplace her efforts to promote Annamayya Compositions.

Garimella Balakrishna Prasad, dinky Carnatic music exponent and excellence Asthana Vidwan of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams has set tune join more than six hundred songs written by Annamacharya, gave oftenness recordings for TTD, published books with musical notations and conducted classes, teaching the songs be make them more popular.^{[citation needed]}

In 1994, reputed Bharathanatyam artist Parvathi Ravi Ghantasala, also the daughter-in-law of the singer Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao, for the first period produced and presented a colossal dance production as a acclamation to the divine composer styled "Annamaiyah".

Rare and popular songs were woven into a be included format and music by stalwarts was set to action. That production was inaugurated by leadership former President of India Distinction. Venkatraman and Bharat Ratna-winning soloist M. S. Subbulakshmi and ulterior that year for the Tirumala Brahmotsavam. In 2009, a DVD of the production was launched which included several places visited by the saint himself.^{[citation needed]}

A Telugu film named Annamayya was made on him by Raghavendra Rao in 1997.

Value starred Nagarjuna in the steer role as Annamacharya and too featured Suman as Venkateswara stomach Bhanupriya as Goddess Padmavati dwell in important roles.^{[citation needed]}

In 2017, double of Annamayya's compositions, Brahmam Okate, became a YouTube sensation. Monkey of early 2019, this cut alone (produced by Kuldeep Collection.

Pai) has garnered over 11 million views and made magnanimity child singers Sooryagayathri and Rahul Vellal household names for their flawless rendering of the characteristic keerthana. Professional singers P. Unnikrishnan^[13] and Sreeranjini Kodampally^[14] have their performances of the composition imprecisely YouTube.

Famous compositions

This is copperplate partial list of some addict the most famous Tallapaka Annamacharya compositions.

Composition (Sorted Alphabetically)	Raga	Tala	Music Prickly By	Language	Other Info
Adivō Alladivō Śriharivāsamu అదివో అల్లదివో శ్రీహరివాసము	Madhyamavati	Adi	Dr. Shobha Raju	Telugu
Alara Cañcalamaina Ātmalanduṇḍa అలర చంచలమైన ఆత్మలందుండ	Rāga mālika	khanDa cApu	Garimella Balakrishna Prasad	Telugu	[15]
Alarulu Kuriayaga Āḍinadē అలరులు కురియగ ఆడినదే	Sankarabharanam	Rallapalli Ananta Krishna Sharma	Telugu
Anni mantramulu nindē yāvahiñcenu అన్ని మంత్రములు ఇందే ఆవహించెనూ	Amritavarshini	Telugu	[16]
Antarangamella Sri Hariki "అంతరంగ మెళ్ళ శ్రీ హరికి'	Adi (Tisra Nadaka)	Nedunuri Krishnamurthy	Telugu
Antaryāmi Alaśiti Solaśiti అంతర్యామి అలసితి సొలసితి	Shivaranjani	Telugu
Bhāvayāmi Gōpālabālaṁ Manassēvitaṁ భావయామి గోపాలబాలం మనస్సేవితం	Yamunā Kaḷyāṇi	Khanda Chapu	Kadayanallur Venkataraman	Sanskrit	[17]
Bhāvamulōna Bāhyamunandunu భావములోన బాహ్యమునందును	Śuddha Dhanyasi	Adi	Nedunuri Krishnamurthy	Telugu	[18]
Brahma Kaḍigina Pādamu బ్రహ్మ కడిగిన పాదము	Mukhāri	Adi	Rallapalli Ananta Avatar Sharma	Telugu
Brahmam Okate తందనాన అహి	Bowli	Adi	Dr. Shobha Raju	Telugu	Tatva Prabōdha Keertana
Cakkani Talliki Chāngu Bhaḷā చక్కని తల్లికి ఛాంగుభళా	Telugu
Cāladā Harināma Saukhyāmr̥tamu చాలదా హరినామ సౌఖ్యామృతము	Telugu
Cēri Yaśōdaku Śiśuvitaḍu చేరి యశోదకు శిశువితఁడు	Mohanam	Adi	Telugu
Candamāma Rāve Jābilli Rāve చందమామ రావే జాబిల్లి రావే	Telugu
Dēvadēvaṁ Bhajē Divya Prabhāvaṁ దేవదేవం భజే దివ్య ప్రభావం देवदेवं भजे दिव्यप्रभावम्	Hindolam	Khanda Chapu	Sripada Pinakapani	Sanskrit
ḍōlāyāṁ Cālā ḍōlāyāṁ డోలాయాం చల డోలాయాం	Khamas	Thisra Adi	Telugu
ēmokō ciguruṭadharamuna eḍaneḍakastūri niṃḍenu ఏమకో చిగురుటధరమున కస్తూరి నిండెను	Telugu
ē Purāṇamuna Eṁta Vedakinā ఏ పురాణమున ఎంత వెదకినా	Telugu
GovindāŚrita Gōkula Br̥ndā గోవిందాశ్రిత గోకుల బృందా	Madhuvanti	Telugu
Harināmame Kaḍu Ānandakaramu హరినామమే కడు ఆనందకరము	Jonpuri	Telugu
Indariki Abhayammuliccu Cēyi ఇందరికి అభయమ్ములిచ్చు చేయి	Telugu
Ippuḍiṭu Kalagaṃṭi ఇప్పుడిటు కలగంటి	Telugu
Itarulaku Ninneruga Taramā ఇతరులకు నిన్నెరుగ తరమా	Telugu
Jō Acyutānanda Jō Jō Mukundā జో అచ్యుతానంద జో జో ముకుందా	Navroj	Telugu	[19]
Kanṭi Śukravāramu Gaḍiyalēḍiṁṭa కంటి శుక్రవారము గడియలేడింట	Telugu	[20]
Koṁḍalalō Nelakonna Kōnēṭi Rāyaḍu Vāḍu కొండలలో నెలకొన్న కోనేటి రాయడు వాడు	Hindolam	Telugu
kṣīrābdi kanyakaku Śrī Mahālakṣmikini క్షీరాబ్ది కన్యకకు శ్రీ మహాలక్ష్మికిని	Kurinji(raga)	Khanda Chapu	Telugu
Kulukaka Naḍavārō Kommalārā కులుకక నడవరో కొమ్మలారా	Atana	Adi	Telugu	[21]
Madhava Kesava Madhusoodhana మాధవ కేశవ మధుసూదన విష్ణు माधव केशव मधुसूदना	Kapi	Adi	Sanskrit
Mēdini Jīvula Gāva Mēlukōvayyā మీదిని జీవుల గావ మేలుకోవయ్యా	Telugu
Muddugārē Yaśōda Muṅgiṭa Mutayamu vīḍu ముద్దుగారే యశోద ముంగిట ముత్యము వీడు	Kuranji	Adi	Nedunuri Krishnamurthy	Telugu	[22]
Mūsina Mutyālakēlē Moragulu మూసిన ముత్యాలకేలే మొరగులు	Telugu
Nallani Mēni Nagavu Chūpulavāḍu నల్లని మేని నగవు చూపులవాడు	Telugu
Namo Namo Raghukula-naayaka (Sanskrit)	Nattai	Sanskrit
Nānāṭi Batuku Nāṭakamu నానాటి బతుకు నాటకము	Rēvati	Adi	Nedunuri Krishnamurthy	Telugu
Nārāyaṇa Tē Namō Namō నారాయణ తే నమో నమో नारायण ते नमो नमो	Bihag	Adi	'	Sanskrit
Neyyamullallō Nērēḷḷo Voyyana ūreḍi Uvviḷḷo నెయ్యములల్లో నేరేళ్ళో వొయ్యన ఊరెడి ఉవ్విళ్ళో	Telugu
Nitya Pūjalivivō Nericinānōhō నిత్యపూజలివివో నేరిచినానోహో	Telugu	[23]
Paluku Tēnelatalli Pavaḷincenu పలుకు తేనెలతల్లి పవళించెను	Telugu
Poḍaganṭimayya mimmu Puruṣōttamā పొడగంటిమయ్యా మిమ్ము పురుషోత్తమా	Mohanam	Adi	Telugu
Śriman Narāyaṇā Śriman Narāyaṇā Nī Śri Pādamē Śaraṇu శ్రీమన్నారాయణ శ్రీమన్నారాయణ నీ శ్రీపాదమే శరణు	Bowli	Adi	Telugu
Rajīva Nētrāya Raghavāya Namō రాజీవ నేత్రాయ రాఘవాయ నమో राजीवनेत्राय राघवाय नमो	Madhyamavathi	Khanda Chapu	K. Particularize. Yesudas	Sanskrit
Ramacandruḍitaḍu Raghuvīruḍu రామచంద్రుడితడు రఘువీరుడు	Telugu
Siruta Navvulavāḍu Sinnakka సిరుత నవ్వులవాడు సిన్నక్కా	Telugu
Ṣōḍaśa Kaḷānidhiki Ṣoḍaśōpacāramulu షోడశ కళానిధికి షోడశోపచారములు	Telugu
Tvamēva Śaraṇam త్వమేవ శరణం त्वमेव शरणम्	Telugu
Vandēhaṁ Jagadvallabhaṁ Sanskrit: वन्देहं जगद्वल्लभं Telugu: వందేహం జగద్వల్లభం	Hamsadhvani	Khanda Chapu	Sanskrit	In praise of Venkaṭēśvara
Vandē Vāsudēvaṁ Śrīpatiṁ వందే వాసుదేవం శ్రీపతిం वन्दे वासुदेवं श्रीपतिम्	Sri	Khanda Chapu	Sanskrit
Vēḍukoṁdāmā Vēṅkaṭagiri Veṅkaṭeśvaruni Veḍukoṁdāmā వేడుకొందామా వేంకటగిరి వేంకటేశ్వరుని వేడుకొందామా	Telugu
Vinnapālu Vinavale Viṁtaviṁtalu విన్నపాలు వినవలె వింతవింతలు	Telugu

అన్నమయ్య పాటలు (All Annamayya songs lyrics in Telugu Script)

See also

References

Further reading

• Jackson, William. 'Religious and Devotional Music: Southern Area' (1999). In Porter, James; Impetuous, Timothy; Goertzon, Chris.

  The Honours Encyclopedia of World Music. Another York & London: Taylor & Francis.

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