Tyagaraja
Tyagaraja started his musical training under Sonti Venkataramanayya, a noted scholar of music, at an early age. Tyagaraja regarded music as a way to experience the love of God. His objective while performing music was purely devotional rather than to display his mastery over technicalities of music. When he was eight years old, Tyagaraja composed Namo Namo Raghavaya Anisham in raga Desikathodi . Tyagaraja started his musical training under Sonti Venkataramanayya, a noted scholar of music, at an early age. Tyagaraja regarded music as a way to experience the love of God. His objective while performing music was purely devotional rather than to display his mastery over technicalities of music. When he was eight years old, Tyagaraja composed Namo Namo Raghavaya Anisham in raga Desikathodi
శ్రీ తాళ్ళపాక అన్నమాచార్య
Tallapaka Annamacharya, the mystic Saint-Poet of 15th century, who has designed his life on the footsteps of Alwars composed 32000 songs in praise of Lord Venkateswara. What Lord Krishna was to Meera, Lord Venkateswara to Annamcharya. Just as Jayadeva propounded Radha Madhava Tattva throught Ashtapadis, Annamacharya portrays Alamelamanga Srinivasa Tattva in his Sankirtanas. He sang with pristine purity of sudras and preached with courage and conviction of Kabirdas. This wandering minstrel of Venkateswara believed in monotheism. His God the only God being Venkatachalapathi. This gifted Vaggeyakara started his prolific composing after the momentary vision he had of the Lord, which inspired his songs and sharpened his perception of the ultimate reality. We get a glimpse of his creative genius and towering personality from his works, almost a reflection of his mind and the period he lived in. Among the 32000 songs he is said to have composed only 12000 are available. They were beautifully engraved on thick copper plates under the direct supervision of his son Peda Tirumalayya and grandson China Tirumalayya.
