Uyyala annamayya
* The imagination of the saints is as vast as the sky.Based on the language there are three varieties of Sankeertanas. They are composed in MADHURA BHAKTI"(the devotee becomes heroine and feels the God as the Hero.It is a devine romance between the individual self and the cosmic self). * SRINGARA SANKEERTANAS The content of "SRINGARA SANKEERTANAS" is, different romantic feelings expressed to God. * ADHYATMA SANKEERTANAS The content of "ADHYATMA SANKEERTANAS" is devotion,detachment,moral,social & spiritual values. There are two categories of "ANNAMACHARYA SANKEERTANAS" INTRODUCTION TO ANNAMACHARYA SANKEERTANAS(DEVOTIONAL SONGS)Īnnamacharya composed 32000 "SANKEERTANAS" the "NAVARASAS(nine human emotions) are expressed to God in beautiful poetry. Usually the name of the Composer, or the name of the Composer’s favorite God or the native place of the Composer will be employed as “MUDRA”. The composition bears “MUDRA” in the last stanza. Since the Saints songs are devotional in nature, they are called “Sankeertanas” also.Ī PADAM is a poetic composition, which has a “PALLAVI” (refrain) and three “CHARANAS” (stanzas) usually. * Annamacharya leaves the royal court for Thirumala,the court of VENKATESHWARA.Annamacharya introduces many "SEVAS"(services)" to the"Lord VENKATESHWARA" at"Tirumala Temple" and propagated His philosophy & glory through his"SANKEERTANAS".Īnnamacharya is honored with the title, “PADA KAVITA PITHAMA” which means the grand father of the form of poetry called “PADAM”.
The Saint advises the king that he should not insult the devotees as the god himself gets hurt. * The king asks for the pardon and requests Him to stay on in his court. * The Ego of the King gets hurt and he chains the saint with shakles and imprisons Him.The saint sings a song thinking of Lord VENKATESHWARA with agony.As a result of the spiritual power in his song the chains get broken. * Allured by the apparent romantic meaning of the song,king asks the saint to sing similar composition on himself.The saint says that he can only sing the glory of the Lord and not the human. * One day saint sings a song in the tradition of "MADHURA BHAKTI"(madhurabhakti is a kind of devotion in which the devotee becomes a Heroine and worships the Lord as his own beloved Hero)on the request of the king. Knowing the greatness and spiritual power of Annamacharya,King SALUVANARASINGARAYA offers a respectable position of a GURU(teacher) to Annamacharya in his royal court. * Through the purity of His "SANKEERTANAMANTRAS" (SANKEERTANA=Devotional songs,MANTRAS=Coined group of divine words which yield various results when uttered for a prescribed period) * He sang only for the pleasure of the Almighty and to convey the message for the upliftment of mankind,unmindful of materialistic gains. * Saint Annamacharya is the first" VAGGEYAKARA" (a person who can compose lyrics,music and sing) of Telugu Literature. His Son, Peda Tirumalacharya and Grandson, Chinatirumalacharya got the Sankeertanas of Annamacharya engraved on copper-plates and Treasured those Copper Plates in "Sankeertana Bhandaram"(a rock-built-cell at TIRUMALA temple). He composed 32,000 Sankeertanas(devotional songs)and dedicated them to Lord Venkateswara. A village in Cuddapah district of Andhra Pradesh in INDIA. Annamacharya, The Saint-Composer was born in the year 1408 According to Telugu "PANCHANGAM"(calendar) the month & star of His birth are : Vyshakha Masam l Vishakha Nakshatram.