Tallapaka Annamacharya popularly known as #Annamayya is a mystic saint composer born in 1408 CE in a small village named Tallapaka in Andhra Pradesh. He was a Telugu #Brahmin that popularized Vaishnavite faith in Andhra Pradesh during the 15th and 16th centuries. 👇 
He was one of the earliest known musicians of India to compose 32,000 songs known as 'Sankeertanalu' in praise of Bhagwan Venkateswara.
Saint Annamayya known as the 'Toli Telugu Vaggeyakara' or the first lyricist, composer and singer of the Telugu literature.
Saint Annamayya known as the 'Toli Telugu Vaggeyakara' or the first lyricist, composer and singer of the Telugu literature.
Besides composing 32,000 Sankeertanas on Venkateswara and Alamelu Manga, Saint Annamayya also authored 12 Satakas, Ramayana in the form of Dwipada Sankeertana Lakshnam, Sringara Manjari and Venkatachala Mahatyam.
Most of his works were in Telugu and Sanskrit languages.
Most of his works were in Telugu and Sanskrit languages.
He wrote his Sankeertanas on palm leaves & later these were engraved on copper plates by his son & grandson. These plates r treasured in Sankeertana Bhandaram 'a rock-built' cell opposite the Hundi at Venkateswara Temple in Tirumala and this remained unnoticed for over 400 years.
There are 100s of his compositions that gained much popularity n is sung in various occasions. There r no sufficient words to describe the greatness of this great Saint Poet of Andhra Pradesh who breathed his last in 1503 CE. He lived for 95 years.
By - chivukulas.com
By - chivukulas.com
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