Tuesday, January 2, 2024

Purandara Dasa Death Anniversary





Purandara Dasa, who passed away on 2 January 1565, was a  composer, singer and Haridasa philosopher  from present-day Karnataka, India. He was a follower of Madhvacharya's Dvaita philosophy. 

Purandara Dasa is considered to be the father of Carnatic Music, as he formalized the music system which was a blend of various traditions of South India and the musical science as explained in the Vedas. He devised a system of teaching Carnatic music in graded lessons.

According to a legend, he is considered as an incarnation of Narada. 

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