IMC-183 ANNAMACHARYA - INDIAN MUSIC SERIES VOLUME-02

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Talla Paka Annam Acharya (Telugu: తాళ్ళపాక అన్నమాచార్య, Romanized:  Annamācārya; 9 May 1408 – 23 February 1503), also popularly known as Anamaya, was a Telugu musician, composer, and Hindu saint. He is the earliest known Indian musician to compose songs called saṁkīrtanas. His devotional were in the praise of Lord Venkateshwara, a form of Lord Vishnu. Anamaya is said to have composed as many as 32,000 saṁkīrtanas in the praise of Venkateswara, of which only about 14,904 are

available today. He wrote the most kirtans in the praise of Lord Vishnu of all time.[1] The musical form of the kirtan songs that he composed, which are still popular among Carnatic music concert artists,[2] have strongly influenced the structure of Carnatic music compositions.[3] His compositions are classified as Adharma (spiritual) and Srinagar (romantic). Annam Acharya is remembered for his saintly life, as one of the greatest musicians and is honored as a great devotee of Vishnu by devotees and saintly singers. He was one of the first few who opposed the social stigma towards the untouchable castes in his era.