Tallapaka Annamacharya
Birth date
April 19, 1408
Death date
March 10, 1503
Place of birth
Tallapaka, Vijayanagara Empire (modern-day Andhra Pradesh, India)
Profession
Writing
Age
94 years
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Biography
Tallapaka Annamacharya (Telugu: తాళ్ళపాక అన్నమాచార్య, romanized: taḷḷapāka annamācārya), also popularly known as Annamayya, was a musician, composer, and a Hindu saint. He is the earliest known Indian musician to compose songs called samkirtanas. His devotional samkirtanas were in the praise of Venkateswara, a form of Vishnu.Annamayya is said to have composed as many as 32,000 samkirtanas (songs) on the praise of Venkateswara of which only about 12,000 are available today.
Also known as
Annamayya
