Poet and singer

Annamayya and Purandardas were great poets. The two were devotees of Lord Sri Hari. Annamayya was Telugu poet and Purandardas was Kannada poet. They were equal in singing.

Purandardas was a great saint, natural poet and singer. He was belongs to Karnataka. He followed Annamayya’s. Purandardas was lived in year1484 to 1564. He was Kannada language poet. He was devotee of Lord Purandardas Vital. He lived in Hampi place.

Annamayya period was year1408 to 1503. Annamayya was also great poet and singer.

These two members sung Harinama kerthans. He was Telugu langue poet. He was lord devotee of lord Venkateswara. He lived in Thallapaka.

Annamayya kerthana is like this;

Saranu, saranu surendra sannuta

Saranu, saranu vallbha

Saranu rakshasa garvaSaranu

Saranu venkatanayaka

This is Purandardas kerthana;

Saranu, saranu surendra vandita

Saranu srisati sevita

Saranu parvati tanaya

Maruti saranu siddhi vinayaka!

This is not imitation. This is an instance to clearly indicate that the ideology and its communicational patterns of great people will always tally to each other. The emotions and feeling will be similar.

Purandardas a worth poet of Karnataka spurned worldly riches for spiritual wealth. He took Vedas, puranas and ithihasasas to the masses through his musical compositions. He was responsible for Kannada pada sahitya. He was also the founder and father of carnatic music.

He followed devotion way. He gave up entire wealth and became a poor.

We would find a Buddha and a Shiridi Saibaba in him.

Buddha’s teachings were at higher level.

Shiridi Saibaba’s teachings were typical.

But Purandardas teachings were his songs which were self- explanatory that would touch the hearts of millions of masses. For instance, the following song can be examined.

No other poet can write script like this. No other musician can sing like this. Purandardas alone could do this. So he was a phenomenon.