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	Sri Venkateswara Annamacharya Society of America
		Sri Tallapaka Annamacharya (1408-1503) the mystic saint composer of the 15th century is the earliest known musician of South India to compose songs called “sankIrtanas” in praise of Lord Venkateswara, the deity of Seven Hills in Tirumala, India.
		During his long and prolific career, Annamacharya composed and sang 32,000 Sankirtanas, 12 Satakas (sets of hundred verses), Ramayana in the form of dwipada, sankIrtana lakshaNam (Characteristics of sankIrtanas), SRngAra manjari, and vEnkaTAchala mahAtmamyam.
		Annamacharya wrote the sankIrtanas on palm leaves and later his son Tirumalacharya got them engraved on copper plates.
	www.annamacharya.org (0 words)

	Annamacharya Project
		The Annamacharya Project was established in 1978 with a view to propagate the tatwa and mahatwa of Lord Sri Venkateswara.
		Group rendering of Annamacharya Saptagiri sankeertanas by eminent musicians and artistes belonging to the project is organised in Andhra Pradesh during the Annamacharya Vardhanti and Jayanti festivals.
		Annamacharya's compositions and the works of other Tallapaka poets are printed and published from time to time, according to the demand from devotees and researchers.
	www.tirumala.org /activities_relig_annama.htm (491 words)

	Annamayya.org
		Sri Tallapaka Annamacharya (1408 - 1503) is an Indian poet and musician widely regarded as the Telugu pada kavita pitaamaha (Grand old man of simple poetry).
		They were found engraved on copper plates which were hidden for centuries inside the Sri Venkateswara temple at Tirumala.
		Annamacharya considered his compositions as floral offerings to God.
	www.annamayya.org /launching.asp (0 words)

	Life and Times of Sri Tallapaka Annamacharya
		Annamacharya was born as the incarnation of Venkateswara
		Sri Tallapaka Annamacharya (1408-1503) the mystic saint composer of the 15th century is the earliest known musician of South India to compose songs called “sankIrtanas” in praise of Lord Venkateswara, the deity of Seven Hills in Tirumala, India where unbroken worship is being offered for over 12 centuries.
		Annamacharya was born on Vaisakhapoornima in the year Sarwadhari (May 9, 1408) in Tallapaka, a remote village in Andhra Pradesh, and lived immaculately for 95 years until Phalguna Bahula Dwadasi (12th day after full moon) in the year Dhundhubhi (February 23, 1503).
	www.svasa.org /annamacharya1.html (831 words)

	Concert on Annamacharya Keerthanas
		Tallapakka Annamacharya (1408-1503 A.D) hailed as the Pada Kavitha Pitamaha, Hari Sankeerthanacharya and Panchamagama Sarvabhowma, composed 32,000 devotional compositions, all dedicated to the Lotus feet of Lord Venkateshwara of Tirumala, during his lifetime.
		The Tirumala-Tirupati Devasthanams and the Bharatiya Sangeetha Vaibhavam (a Trust for Preservation, Perpetuation and Propagation of Bharatiya Sangeetham) jointly presented the three-day Annamacharya festival at the Narada Gana Sabha, Chennai-18, recently.
		On the inaugural day of the Festival, Vijayalakshmi Subramaniam, one of the few musicians fervently committed to the propagation of Annamacharya Keerthanas, gave a 90-minute vocal recital which was thoroughly in keeping with the laudable spiritual tenor and ambience generated by the organisers in this context.
	www.chennaionline.com /music/carnaticmusic/2004/358th.asp (410 words)

	Annamacharya
		Annamacharya is widely regarded as the Telugu pada kavita pitaamaha.
		An ardent devotee of Lord Venkateswara of Tirupati, AP, Annamacharya successfully composed more than 30,000 krithis in the carnatic music tradition, a feat which is near impossible to replicate !!
		TTD has been endeavouring to preserve the rich heritage.(and has been quite successful).
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/an/Annamacharya.html (53 words)

	annamacharya kirtanalu (Site not responding. Last check: )
		There was a query in a Telugu site about the meanings of the words used in Annamacharya's songs.
		I can say with total conviction that if one is familiar with the contents of this one book, all others will become redundant.
		The word 'pamidi' was given a nonsensical explanation by Dr. Kesarla Vani, a prominent member of the Annamacharya project headed by Dr. Medasani Mohan.
	forumhub.mayyam.com /hub/viewlite.php?t=1509 (852 words)

	ANNAMACHARYA : Encyclopedia Entry
		Sri Tallapaka Annamacharya (శ్రీ తాళ్ళపాక అన్నమాచార్య) (1408-1503), the mystic saint composer of the 15th century is the earliest known musician of South India to compose songs called “sankeertanas” in praise of Lord Venkateswara, the deity of Seven Hills in Tirumala, India.
		Annamacharya was born on Vaisakha Poornima in the year Sarwadhari (May 9, 1408) in Tallapaka, a remote village in Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh, India.
		The movie was a major box office hit and the success of the movie spurned the actor and director to come again in 2006 to make a movie on another famous Telugu religious figure, Bhadrachala Ramadasu.
	www.bibleocean.com /OmniDefinition/Annamacharya (424 words)

	Sri Annamacharya ~ Narayanate ~ Okapari ~ Enthamathramuna ~ Vinaro Bhagyamu - Natanala...
		Annamacharya was the very first Vak-geyakaara (composer of sankeerthanas using colloquial language) in Telugu and established a tradition which was later followed by a number of saint composers like Tyagaiah, Kshetraiah, Ramadasu, etc. Purandaradasa, Kannada composer, praised the Sankeerthanas of Sri Annamacharya and said that the Sankeerthanacharya is the incarnation of Lord Venkateswara Himself.
		Sri Tallapaka Annamacharya is believed to have born somewhere in/around Salivahana Saka 1330 (corresponding to 1408 AD) and attained Kaivalyam sometime in/around Salivahana Saka 1424 (corresponding to 1503 AD).
		Annamacharya's great adeptness and command over Telugu literature and its extensive usage is evident from his keerthanas like Srimannarayana, Hari namame kadu anandakaramu, Ide sirasu manikyam, Bhavamulona baahyamu nanduna, Bhavayami Gopalabalam, Tiruveedhula merisi devadevudu, Kadaludipi neeradaga talachu vaaralaku, Ksheerabdi kanyakaku, Tirutiru javarala, etc. (just to name a few).
	www.geocities.com /hkssv/annamayya.html (673 words)

	:: Nedunuri - About us ::
		Under the auspices of 'Nadasudha Tarangini' three volumes of Annamayya Pada Sourabham consisting of 108 Annamacharya compositions (set to tune by Nedunuri) with notation have been published.
		'Annamacharya Padartha Prakasika' a treatise giving the quintessence in Telugu, of the 108 compositions of Annamayya tuned by Nedunuri was the latest release by Nada Sudha Tarangini in April 2002.
		A second CD of Annamacharya's compositions was released in 2002, with the special financial grant from the Dept. of Tourism and Culture, Govt.
	ws04.ipowerweb.com /nedunuri/html/about.htm (622 words)

	Annamacharya
		Annamacharya was born on Vaisakhapoornima in the year Sarwadhari (May 9, 1408) in Tallapaka, a remote village in Andhra Pradesh, and lived immaculately for 95 years until Phalguna Bahula Dwadasi (12th day after full moon) in the year Dhundhubhi (February 23, 1503).
		Annamacharya is believed to be the incarnation of Lord Venkateswara’s Nandaka or Sword.
		As a boy Narayanayya was not keen in studies and it was customary in those times for the gurus to subject the students to different kinds of torturous methods to create concentration on studies.
	www.tlca.com /youth/annamacharya.html (702 words)

	3 day Annamacharya fest from July 1
		CHENNAI: The ‘Tirumala Tirupati’ Devasthanam’s (TTD) Annamacharya project is conducting the 597th Annamacharya Jayanthy (Aradhana) celebrations for three days from July 1- July 3 at Narada Gana Sabha in Alwarpet.
		Annamacharya was a devotee of ‘Lord Venkatchalapathy’ of Tirumala and was the first ‘vaggeyakara’ (music composer) in Andhra Pradesh.
		On July 2, eminent carnatic musician Dr Balamuralikrishna would be felicitated followed by a multimedia presentation and a lecture demonstration of the Saint by Dr Pappu Venugopala Rao, Annamacharya project director, she said.
	www.spiritofchennai.com /news/chennai-news/7692.htm (365 words)

	Central Chronicle--Opinion (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Tallapaka Annamacharya, a well-known composer of Carnatic music, was a God-inspired poet in Telugu who had an unshakeable faith in Lord Venkateswara (Tirumala Tirupati - Balaji).
		Annamacharya spent the last years of his life mostly at Tallapaka and Tirupati.
		Thus Annamacharya dedicated his entire life to Lord Venkateswara singing the glories of the Lord and led a pious life.
	www.centralchronicle.com /20060327/2703304.htm (648 words)

	India International Centre : Discussion Forums
		His pioneering and prolific contribution to Carnatic music came to light only at the turn of the 20th century, when hundreds of copper plates containing his devotional compositions/ ‘Sankirtana-s’, stored in a rock-built cell at the Thirumalai (Balaji)Temple, were discovered.
		Annamacharya is now hailed as the first saint-composer in Telugu.
		A gold medalist in Annamacharya Kritis at the national level competitions conducted by the Annamacharya Bhavana Vahini, Sweta has taken the top position on a number of occasions at music competitions conducted by famous organisations and sabhas.
	iicdelhi.nic.in /program/program_detail.asp?ProgId=1489&CatgId=2 (883 words)

	Andhra Pradesh Music,Music in South India
		Annamacharya is one the eminent poet saints of Andhra Pradesh.
		Sri Annamacharya composed several poems in Telugu and Sanskrit in praise of the Lord Venkateswara.
		Annamacharya's 'Keertanas' (devotional songs) became the base for the "Manasa Kala Mandir".
	www.indiantravelportal.com /andhra-pradesh/music (958 words)

	The Hindu : A relevant pointer
		The songs of Annamacharya are an experience of the divine presence of Lord Venkatesa.
		The dimensions of his songs contain the core of spirituality and this spiritual core is the substantial message of Annamacharya to humanity.
		The observation of a rasika on leaving the hall was a significant pointer to the TTD in its efforts to popularise Annamacharya's songs.
	www.thehindu.com /thehindu/2001/03/09/stories/09090709.htm (499 words)

	The Hindu : Annamacharya showcased
		The finesse of his soulful sahityas in the form of pallavi followed by charanams, is considered a kind of ``musical preceptorial'' to the melting padams and kritis of the later composers like Bhadrachala Ramadas, Kshetrajna and Tyagaraja.
		In the session produced by Sulochana Pattabhiraman as the 13th episode in the serial, ``Dakshina Gana Surabhi,'' Sudha Raghunathan rendered the compositions of Annamacharya with orchestral embellishments by the staff artistes of AIR.
		The piece, ``Thattha Digudi Dimdim'' of Annamacharya illustrates his ingenuity in composing sahityas in the gait of the sarvalaghu mixed with attractive metrical expressions of the musical drum.
	www.thehindu.com /thehindu/2001/04/06/stories/09060709.htm (262 words)

	Sri Venkateswara
		Although Annamcharya composed krithis in praise of many archamuthis of Srimannarayana, the Lord of his heart was Sri Venkateswara.Traditon has it that he once ran away to Tirupati and fell asleep on a rock after an exhausting climb of the first steep hill at Tirumala.
		Sri Annamacharya attained paramapadam in 1503.Of his 32,000 compositions only 14,000 are available to us today.
		Annamacharya's legacy is being preserved and propagated by charitable organizations like SAPNA (Saint Annamcharya Project North America) and Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam's Annamcharya Project Scheme.
	venkateswara.freeservers.com /annamacharya.html (542 words)

	The legacy of tALLapAka poets ( annamAchArya ,... )
		'Annamacharya Charitramu', the biography of Annamacharya written by his grandson Chinnanna in Dvipada metre was discovered and printed in 1948, As the work was written by the grandson of the poet, we can believe the authenticity of the biographical information furnished in the book.
		Annamayya, a Nandavarika Niyogi Brahmin, was born in the village 'Thallapaka' of Cuddapah district in the year 1346 of the Salivahana saka (1424 A.D.) in Visakha Masa in Visakha star.
		Annamacharya died in 1503 A.D. on Bahula Dwadasi of the month Phalguna in Dundubhi year and hence he lived a full and useful life of 79 years.
	sriranganatha.tripod.com /id112.html (1696 words)

	TALLAPAKA - BIRTH PLACE OF SAINT ANNAMACHARYA
		The village has the distinction of being the birthplace of Saint Annamacharya the famous composer of devotional songs on Lord Venkateswara who made invaluable contribution to music and literature during the 15th century.
		Annamacharya’s Wife Timmakka is the first poetess in Telugu literature.
		The sons and grand children of Annamacharya were all born poets who continued their writings in the footsteps of Annamacharya.
	www.kadapa.info /talla.html (470 words)

	Annamacharya (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Dear Prapatti Group Members: Recently in the Buffalo temple, Shri Kamisetty Founder-Director of TTD-Annamacharya Foundation gave a series of lectures on Annamacharya and his Kritis.
		Annamacharya who was born in a smarta family was greatly influenced by the hymns of Alwars.
		The "Thodayamangalam" section is completly filled with Annamacharya Kirtans.
	www.ramanuja.org /sv/bhakti/archives/jul97/0179.html (328 words)

	ANNAMAYYA DHYANA MANDIRAM - TALLAPAKA (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Annamacharya Dhyana Mandiram, Siddheswaraswamy Temple, Chennekeswaraswamy Temple and Sudarshana Chakra Devalayam.
		It was inaugurated in 1982 and ever since then the TTD has been organizing the death and birth anniversaries of Annamacharya at Tallapaka and Tirupati during which special rituals are performed.
		There are many temples located within the premises of the Chennakeswaraswamy temple itself.
	www.mypurohith.com /Pilgrimages/Tallapaka.asp (490 words)

	The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh / Tirupati News : Annamacharya Jayanthi celebrations conclude
		TIRUPATI: It was a grand finale to the three-day Annamacharya's 599th birth anniversary celebrations.
		The portraits of Annamacharya bedecked with flowers also was taken in the colourful procession which culminated at the TTD's Annamacharya Kala Mandiram where the priests conducted an `Asthanam' for the deities of Lord Kodandarama and Sita.
		SVETA Director Bhuman said that as a fitting tribute to the saint-poet, the Central Government should be prevailed upon to the release a postal stamp on Abnnamayya.
	www.hindu.com /2007/05/06/stories/2007050608500300.htm (363 words)

	Hyderabad - Your window to back home. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Subsequently, she was given the exclusive and honourable task of propagating Annamacharya's divine compositions.
		Towards this purpose she gave numerous concerts in India and abroad and brought out audio cassettes and CDs that were well received by the masses as well as by the connoisseurs.
		She is presently involved in the construction of a temple-like auditorium, classrooms and a hostel in Hyderabad for the single purpose of researching and propagating Saint Annamacharya's life, philosophy and his divine Sankeertans.
	www.andhravision.com /profiles (507 words)

	Todays News (Site not responding. Last check: )
		TIRUPATI,JULY 1: Even as the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) is preparing to celebrate the silver jubilee of its 'Annamacharya project,' authorities were shocked to discover that as many as 26 master cassettes of Annamayacharya Keerthans are missing.
		They are believed to have found their way into the recording rooms of private audio recording centres at Chennai and Bangalore.
		The Annamacharya project was established in 1978 to record and preserve the 12,000-odd songs penned by the great saint and propagating them among the masses.
	www.hindunet.org /onps/default.php?dtstr=20030701&Formsearchresults_Page=13&HNETSEID=97765059ef362804ff38033419cac7d2 (199 words)

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