Purandara dasa: Father of Karnataka Music – Purandara

Father of Karnataka Music – Purandara Dasa Purandara Dasa (1484-1564 CE) was a celebrated Haridasa saint-poet from Karnataka, widely recognized as the 'Father of Karnataka Music'. He was a musical prodigy born to a diamond merchant family in Araga village, Shimoga district. Young Srinivasa Nayaka received training in Carnatic music, spirituality, philosophy and local literary traditions. He displayed a knack for musical compositions from a very early age. After relinquishing worldly ... Purandaradasa (flourished 16th century, India) was an Indian saint who was a major poet and composer of Haridasa devotional song, one of the major genres of Kannada literature. Purandara Dasa was a wealthy merchant of gold, silver and other miscellaneous jewellery from Karnataka, who gave away all his material riches to become a Haridasa, a devotional singer who made the difficult Sanskrit tenets of Bhagavata Purana available to everyone in simple and melodious songs. Purandara Dasa was a composer, singer and a Haridasa philosopher from Karnataka, India. He was a follower of Madhvacharya's Dvaita philosophy and a pioneer of Carnatic music.