Annamacharya's Sankeertanas and his biographic sketches are available dime a dozen on the web and in the print. Many gifted musicians and singers have brought these all time melodies to our ears in CDs and in cassettes. We all owe a lot to all their marvelous efforts. The pioneering effort of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) is monumental in this task.
Annamacharya’s lyrical wealth carries a special fervor and innate beauty of Telugu, studded with innumerable idioms, colloquial phrases and usages of his time and the place of his origin (Tallapaka of Cuddapa district in A.P). A special dictionary is being conceived by the TTD to explain his poetry. The intricate philosophical truths and practical instructions for harmonious living are embedded in our scriptures – mostly in Sanskrit, a language with which many of us are not familiar. Annamacharya’s songs represent the final finished product because he churned the scriptural ocean and made it into a very tasty pudding for all of us to directly enjoy and assimilate.
These sankeertanas, though appear as simple and descriptive on the face of them, they are, more often than not, carry profound and practical messages for the mankind. The emphasis of this blog will be to bring out the purport of Annamayya's compositions, to try to unravel the hidden treasure in these songs and to delve deep into them to explain the application of his poetry to this work-a-day world. Needless to say this great master's poetry transcends time and is truly universal in its applicability. This divine saint-poet is peerless in his creativity and carved a special stature for himself in the galaxy of all time great master saints and poets.
All we attempt here is to make a humble beginning to understand and apply his teachings to make our lives and of those around us better and happier. Over the past three decades, my ardent passion towards Annamacharya's songs and the innate love towards understanding these songs from their depth prompted me to start this blog. Self satisfaction is the ultimate purpose. I urge all the learned brethren – the readers of this blog to give their valuable comments and constructive criticism to make our efforts better.
Annamacharya’s songs carry his signature in the final lines of each song with an invocation to the Lord Venkateswara. The next post of this blog will contain a prayer verse on the Lord of Seven Hills, followed by a salutation to this great saint poet, Sri Annamaacharya. From then on, we will see, one by one, some of the jewels among his Sankeertanas with explanation of the purport or bhaavam. Effort will be made to give a web link to our readers - to facilitate them to listen to the audio file of the sankeertana and wherever available to the video file for viewing.
Wishing you all the best
Dr Sarma
Annamacharya’s lyrical wealth carries a special fervor and innate beauty of Telugu, studded with innumerable idioms, colloquial phrases and usages of his time and the place of his origin (Tallapaka of Cuddapa district in A.P). A special dictionary is being conceived by the TTD to explain his poetry. The intricate philosophical truths and practical instructions for harmonious living are embedded in our scriptures – mostly in Sanskrit, a language with which many of us are not familiar. Annamacharya’s songs represent the final finished product because he churned the scriptural ocean and made it into a very tasty pudding for all of us to directly enjoy and assimilate.
These sankeertanas, though appear as simple and descriptive on the face of them, they are, more often than not, carry profound and practical messages for the mankind. The emphasis of this blog will be to bring out the purport of Annamayya's compositions, to try to unravel the hidden treasure in these songs and to delve deep into them to explain the application of his poetry to this work-a-day world. Needless to say this great master's poetry transcends time and is truly universal in its applicability. This divine saint-poet is peerless in his creativity and carved a special stature for himself in the galaxy of all time great master saints and poets.
All we attempt here is to make a humble beginning to understand and apply his teachings to make our lives and of those around us better and happier. Over the past three decades, my ardent passion towards Annamacharya's songs and the innate love towards understanding these songs from their depth prompted me to start this blog. Self satisfaction is the ultimate purpose. I urge all the learned brethren – the readers of this blog to give their valuable comments and constructive criticism to make our efforts better.
Annamacharya’s songs carry his signature in the final lines of each song with an invocation to the Lord Venkateswara. The next post of this blog will contain a prayer verse on the Lord of Seven Hills, followed by a salutation to this great saint poet, Sri Annamaacharya. From then on, we will see, one by one, some of the jewels among his Sankeertanas with explanation of the purport or bhaavam. Effort will be made to give a web link to our readers - to facilitate them to listen to the audio file of the sankeertana and wherever available to the video file for viewing.
Wishing you all the best
Dr Sarma
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