Īnnamayya considered his compositions as floral offerings to Venkateswara. He is also the author of musical treatise called 'Sankirthana lakshanamu'. Annamacharya lived for 95 years until Phalguna Bahula (Krishna) Dvadasi (12th day after full moon) in the year Dhundhubhi (4 April 1503).ġ0-story tall statue of Sri Tallapaka Annamacharya located at the entrance of Tallapaka.Īnnamayya is said to have composed as many as 32,000 sankeertanas (songs) on the praise of lord Venkateswara of which only about 12,000 are available today. The Tallapaka compositions are considered to have dominated and influenced the structure of Carnatic music compositions. Their son, Pedda Tirumalacharya, and grandson, Tallapaka Chinnayya, were also composers and poets. His wife, Timmakka, had written Subhadra Kalyanam, and is considered the first female poet in Telugu literature. Even though his parents belonged to the Nandavarika Brahmin community of Smarta tradition, he took initiation into Vaishnavism and became a Vaishnava in the Ramanujacharya Sampradaya. Tallapaka Annamacharya was born on Vaishakha Shuddha Pournami in the year Sarwadhari () in Tallapaka, Near Rajampet Mandal, a village in present-day Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh, India. He is widely regarded as the Andhra Pada kavitā Pitāmaha (Grandfather of Telugu song-writing). He is believed to have been the avatar of Nandaka, the sword of Vishnu. Annamacharya is remembered for his saintly life, and is honoured as a great devotee of Vishnu by devotees and saintly singers. The musical form of the keertana songs that he composed, which are still popular among Carnatic music concert artists, have strongly influenced the structure of Carnatic music compositions. Tallapaka Annamacharya ( IAST: taḷḷapāka annamācārya – 4 April 1503), also popularly known as Annamayya, was a 15th-century Hindu saint and the earliest known Indian musician to compose songs called sankirtanas in praise of the Venkateswara, a form of Vishnu.

(modern-day Andhra Pradesh, India) Genres Carnatic music Occupation(s) Saint, poet, composer, writer Instruments Tambura (modern-day Andhra Pradesh, India) Died 4 April 1503 () (aged 94) This statue is at Dwaraka Tirumala Background information Also known as Annamayya,

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