Kanakadasa cast name
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Kanaka Dasa Life History
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The Untaught Historian
My first serious encounter with the Bhakti movement saint Kanakadasa was when I had to make a bunch of tweens care about him in a class covering Medieval Indian history. Have you tried introducing Carnatic music to children who are more familiar with KPop than Indian music? It didn’t go well.
But Kanakadasa and others like him (Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Kabir, Eknath, Jnanadev, Purandaradasa, etc) were the viral influencers of their time. Kanakadasa and other Bhakti saints are still is relevant, even if you don’t listen to classical music or are religious:
Before we begin, here is a quick 2 point reminder on who Kanakadasa is:
- Kanakadasa is one of the pillars of Carnatic music – credited with 240 odd musical compositions that are now canon.
- He got a Krishna idol to literally turn away from the entrance, towards a little window in the back of the Udupi temple sanctum sanctorum when Kanakadasa was not allowed to enter the temple on account of his low caste. By turning towards the window, Kanakadasa was able to have the Lord’s Da
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Kanaka Dasa
Kannada saint (1509–1606)
Kanaka Dasa
Painting of Kanakadāsa
Born Thimmappa Nayaka
30 November 1508Baada, Shiggaon, Vijayanagara Empire (present-day Haveri District, Karnataka, India)
Died 1606 Kaginele,
Parents - Beerappa (father)
- Bachchamma (mother)
Occupation Ruler, saint, poet, philosopher, composer Order Haridasa (Dasakuta) Philosophy Dvaita, Vaishnavism Guru Vyasatirtha Kanaka Dasa (1509–1606)[1][2] also known as Daasashreshta Kanakadasa (ದಾಸಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ ಕನಕದಾಸ), was a Haridasa saint and philosopher of Dvaita Vedanta, from present-day Karnataka, India. He was a follower of Madhvacharya's Dvaita philosophy and a disciple of Vyasatirtha. He was a composer of Carnatic music, poet, reformer and musician.[3] He is known for his keertanas and ugabhoga, and his compositions in the Kannada language for Carnatic music. Like other Haridasas, he used simple Kannada and native metrical forms for his compositions.[4]
Birth
Kanaka Dasa was born into a Kannada kuruba family
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