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Tulsidas | तुलसीदास

Goswami Tulsidas (Devanagari:गोस्वामी तुलसीदास), (1532–1623) was a Hindu poet-saint, reformer and philosopher renowned for his devotion to lord Sriram. A composer of several popular works, tulsidas is best known for being the author of the epic Ramcharitmanas, a retelling of the Sanskrit Ramayana in the vernacular Awadhi. Tulsidas was acclaimed in his lifetime to be […]

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Tansen

Tansen Date of Birth : 1506 Date of Death : 1589 Place of Birth : Gwalior Tansen, the legendary musician was born in Gwalior in 1506. It was only after the age of 5 that Tansen showed any musical talent. It was his Guru Hari Dasa who recognised his hidden talents as a musician. Tansen […]

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Meerabai (मीरां बाई)

Mirabai Mirabai was a well known Hindu mystical poetess, whose writings are praised all over. It is said that, she was a disciple of Shri Guru Ravidas. She is famous for her bhajan compositions. She wrote nearly 1300 prayer songs. Most of her compositions were written in the praise of Lord Krishna. She wrote most […]

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Muthaiah Bhagavathar

Muthaiah Bhagavathar

Muthaiah Bhagavathar Dr. L Muthaiah Bhagavathar who occupies a very distinguished place in Carnatic Music in the post Trinity period was born on November 15th, 1877, at a village called Punalveli near Srivilliputur in Tamilnadu. He lost his father when he was six years old and came under the tutelage of his maternal uncle Mahamahopadhyaya […]

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Narsinh

Narsinh

Narsinh Narsinh Mehta was born in the ancient town of Talaja and then shifted to Jirndurg now known as Junagadh in the District of Saurashtra, in Nagar community. He lost his mother and his father when he was 5 years old. He could not speak until the age of 8 and after his parents expired […]

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Ghanam Krishna Iyyer

Ghanam Krishna Iyyer Ghanam Krishna Iyar (1790–1854) was a composer of Carnatic music and was famous for his padams. Padams are expressive songs of three of more stanzas, used generally as an accompaniment to classical dance. Krishna Iyar was a student of the famous composer, Pacchimiriam Adiyappa. He was also influenced by Tyagaraja and Gopalakrishna […]

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Chitravina N. Ravikiran

Chitravina N.Ravikiran Chitravina N. Ravikiran (born February 12, 1967) is an Indian Carnatic music musician and composer. He gives both vocal concerts and concerts in the instrument chitravina (gottuvadyam). He is the grandson of famous musician gottuvadyam Narayan Iyengar. Ravikiran is the author of several books, Appreciating Carnatic Music and Perfecting Carnatic Music Level I […]

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Adi Shankaracharya

Adi Shankaracharya Adi Shankara (IAST: Ādi Śaṅkara pronounced [aːd̪i ɕaŋkərə], (Sanskrit: आदि शङ्करः, Adi Sankarar Malayalam: ആദി ശങ്കരന്‍ Ādi Śaṅkaran, Tamil: ஆதிசங்கரர்), also known as Śaṅkara Bhagavatpādācārya and Ādi Śaṅkarācārya was an Indian guru from Kalady of present day Kerala who consolidated the doctrine of advaita vedānta. His teachings are based on the unity of […]

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Vaishnav jana tho (વૈષ્ણવ જન તો)

Narsinh Mehta (Gujarati:નરસિંહ મહેતા) also known as Narsi Mehta or Narsi Bhagat (1414 – 1481) was a saint and poet from Gujarat, India. He was born in the ancient town of Jirndurg, in the Nagar Brahmins community, notable as a bhakta, an exponent of Hindu devotional religious poetry. Narsinh is acclaimed as its Adi Kavi (“first among poets”) in Gujrati […]

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