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	Kanaka Dasa
		Kanakadasa belongs to the tradition of Haridasa literary movement which ushered in an era of devotional Kannada literature in Karnataka.
		Kanakadasa made supreme effort in reforming the lower castes, weaning them away from ignorance, superstition and barbaric practices, in order to favour the growth of Bhakthi and devotion in them.
		The memory of Kanakadasa was permanently etched in the temple of his beloved Lord Krishna.It is scientifically believed that there was a minor earthquake at night when Kanakadasa was singing outside the western wall.
	www.dejavu.org /cgi-bin/get.cgi?ver=93&url=http%3A%2F%2Farticles.gourt.com%2F%3Farticle%3DKanakadasa%26type%3Den (854 words)

	The Eight Tulu Monasteries of Udupi by Neria Harish Hebbar, MD
		In a composition of Kanakadasa, he makes a reference to the shaking of the earth at night, while he was praying with his eyes closed.
		The memory of Kanakadasa was permanently etched in the temple of his beloved Lord Krishna, thanks to Sri Vadiraja.
		Ironically, the entrance to the temple was denied to a lower caste member like Kanakadasa in a temple of Krishna, who himself belonged to the lower caste of cowherds.
	www.boloji.com /places/0021.htm (2523 words)

	Hinduism / list of hindus / kanakadasa
		Kanakadasa (c 1509-1609 A.D.) belongs to the tradition of Haridasa literary movement which ushered in an era of devotional literature in Karnataka.
		Kanakadasa made supreme effort in reforming the lower castes, weaning them away from ignorance, superstition and barbaric practices, in order to favour the growth of Bhakthi and devotion in them.
		The memory of Kanakadasa was permanently etched in the temple of his beloved Lord Krishna.It is scientifically believed that there was a minor earthquake at night when Kanakadasa was singing outside the western wall.
	www.hinduism-guide.com /hinduism/kanakadasa.htm (815 words)

	SRUTI-India's premier music and dance magazine (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It depicts Kanakadasa (holding the chipla and tambura in his hands) in the foreground, with the Udupi Sree Krishna Temple in the background.
		Kanakadasa was a revered mystic, gifted composer, inspiring musician, a renowned poet, an outspoken social reformer, a teacher of mankind, a man of the masses and, above all, a servant of God, Haridasa.
		Kanakadasa is said to have composed more than a thousand keertana-s, of which we have about three hundred.
	www.sruti.com /July06/bbook.htm (426 words)

	DeVotioNalSonGs - sharma wiki
		Kanakadasa was born in a place called Bada in Dharwar district to Biregowda and Beechamma.
		Kanakadasa cannot be called a communal or a religious person as he was criticizing religion and community to the core.
		Kanakadasa work was a sign of self-respect especially for those belonging to the backward classes.
	www.sharma-home.net /wiki/DeVotioNalSonGs (2043 words)

	Kamat's Potpourri: The Path of Devotion: Kanakadasa - Poet among Saints
		Purandaradasa and Kanakadasa are the foremost among Haridasas.
		There is a legend that Kanakadasa, who was a non-Brahmin, wanted to have a 'darshan' (encounter) of the idol.
		It is also a memorial to Kanakadasa and eclectic Hindu belief that devotion, poetry and sainthood are above caste and creed and certainty above orthodoxy.
	www.kamat.com /indica/faiths/bhakti/kanakadasa.htm (1040 words)

	The Hindu : Karnataka / Udupi News : Follow ideals of Kanakadasa: seer
		Inaugurating the Kanakadasa Jayanti Utsava, organised by the Sri Krishna Mutt here, the swamiji said that there were a number of problems in the present day society.
		Kanakadasa had shown the virtue of patience to society.
		Kanakadasa was a staunch "Vaishnavite." People should follow the path of Kanakadasa, the swamiji said.
	www.hindu.com /2004/11/30/stories/2004113002150300.htm (312 words)

	Shabash
		Kanakadasa breached the barrier because of an irresistible call from God or, in modern terms, an intense psychological mystical crisis.
		Kanakadasa, of the herdsman tribe, similarly, sees death as a wolf preying on the herd of mankind.
		Kanakadasa, not ashamed of his humble beginnings, wrote a song: "We are the Kuruba shepherd folk".
	www.sikhreview.org /december1999/book.htm (2567 words)

	Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust, Prasanthi Nilayam (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Saint Kanakadasa was born in a low caste family and had never been educated in the Vedas or other scriptures.
		The Guru asks him the reason and Kanakadasa reveals that he just could not find a place where he could be alone because wherever he turned he saw Krishna smiling at him.
		The western wall of the temple cracks open, the idol reveals itself to bless Kanakadasa with the Divine Vision, and thus the world learns of the power of Kanakadasa’s devotion.
	www.srisathyasai.org.in /Pages/Archives/balvikas_05_rep.htm (2031 words)

	The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum - Literature
		Kanakadasa was one such social reformer from Karnataka.
		Being a low-caste shepherd and having suffered a lot, particularly at the hands of Brahmins, Kanakadasa had an inborn urge to help the lower strata of society.
		Today, when many people have lost their moral values and society is divided on communal lines, Kanakadasa’ message is of vital importance.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2002/20020317/spectrum/book6.htm (505 words)

	A demolition and a divide
		In this time the Kuruba (shepherd) community (to which Kanakadasa is believed to have belonged), the largest amongst the backward classes, has consolidated itself around this issue with a clear re-assertion of caste identity.
		The immediate response, however, to the demolition of the Kanaka Gopura, as the structure was popularly called, was an uproar of protest from spokespersons and devotees of the Kuruba community, who viewed it as a display of upper-caste arrogance and disdain for Kanakadasa, a figure of veneration for them.
		The Kanakadasa symbolism is powerfully present in the Krishna temple.
	www.frontlineonnet.com /fl2205/stories/20050311001404600.htm (1503 words)

	Sri Krishna Temple - Udupipages.com
		Kanakadasa was a saintly minstrel of 16th century.
		After this window was installed, it became customary for all devotees to catch a sight of Krishna's image through this window, before entering the temple.
		Recently an image of Kanakadasa has been installed at the spot of the hut where he used to sit and pray.
	www.udupipages.com /home/temple/kmutt1.html (544 words)

	Bereft of barriers
		KANAKADASA was a poet-saint of the Haridasa Bhakti tradition of the mid-16th century.
		Though of `low' birth - Kanakadasa was a chieftain of the shepherd community - he became one of the most celebrated Bhakti poets of his time, forcing recognition from the Brahmin-dominated religious establishment for the literary and philosophical merit of his writings.
		His poetry - written in simple and spoken Kannada - reflects his belief that devotion to God lies beyond the artificial hierarchies imposed by caste, class and orthodoxy.
	www.flonnet.com /fl2205/stories/20050311001204800.htm (338 words)

	Kanakadasa: The Golden Servant of Lord Hari
		I was deeply influenced by Kanakadasa's songs popularised by a Kannada film on the saint-poet during my childhood days in nineteen sixties when his fourth centenary was celebrated all over Karnataka with great jubilation.
		My intention is not to quench the intellectual curiosity of the reader but only to arouse it so that he may go to the original works by and on Kanakadasa in Kannada for a fuller enjoyment of his poetry and philosophy.
		The panoramic picture of Kanakadasa's life and poetry offered in this monograph should lead the future researcher to attempt a comparative study of Kanakadasa's poetry with that of other saint-poets of the world in a detailed fashion and arrive at universal patterns of mystic experience.
	www.exoticindia.com /book/details/IDG294 (396 words)

	Ranchhodraijidakor.com
		Situated to the west of this is the Kanakadasa Mandapa.
		When Kanakadasa came to this village, he was not allowed to enter the shrine as he belonged to a low caste.
		Kanakadasa had the special privilege of worshipping Sri Krishna in full view.
	www.minisabarimala.com /temple.asp?serialno=7&tempid=T017 (419 words)

	The Festival of Joy
		Tulsidas was very much a man of the world until his wife turned his mind away from worldly pleasures towards the bliss of being immersed in devotion to the Lord.
		Saint Kanakadasa was born in a low caste family and had never been educated in the Vedas or other scriptures.
		The Guru asks him the reason and Kanakadasa reveals that he just could not find a place where he could be alone because wherever he turned he saw Krishna smiling at him.
	www.saibabaofindia.com /festival_of_joy.htm (2022 words)

	The Hindu : Karnataka News : Kanakadasa's teachings have eternal value: seer
		It was Kanakadasa who was responsible for the importance that Udupi had gained.
		He said it was mandatory for the swamijis of the Ashta Maths who were to ascend the Paryaya peetha to have a darshan of the Krishna idol through the Kanakana Kindi before they entered Sri Krishna Temple and went into the sanctum sanctorum.
		Presiding over the function, Vidyasagara Tirtha Swamiji of Krishnapur Math, said that it was the late Vidyapurna Tirtha Swamiji, the earlier pontiff of Krishnapur Math, who constructed the gopuram in front of the Kanakana Kindi during his second Paryaya in 1910-12.
	www.hinduonnet.com /2004/08/20/stories/2004082001740500.htm (375 words)

	‘Kanakadasa’s work a sign of self-respect’ - Deccan Herald (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Kanakadasa cannot be called a communal or a religious person as he was criticising religion and community to the core, opined Kannada University (Hampi) Vice Chancellor Prof B A Vivek Rai.
		Kanakadasa who had proclaimed that right from a person who studies vedas to a common farmer, everybody works to make a living (Hottegagi, Genu Battegagi), Prof Rai said Kanakadasa’s work was a sign of self-respect especially for those belonging to the backward classes.
		Noting that Kanakadasa was a household name in North Karnataka, he felt that efforts made by the people of this region to understand Kanakadasa’s literature was not enough.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/jan132005/d25.asp (491 words)

	Knowledge :: Travel :: Journey through Kaveri ::
		There is a temple here with an idol of Krishna which is said to have turned around to give 'darshana' to a low-caste devotee named Kanakadasa.
		Kanakadasa was a Vaishnava saint and a poet, who was born around 1550 AD.
		He was a great devotee of Lord Krishna, but as he belonged to the lowly Kuruba caste, he was not only barred from entering the temple but also wasn't allowed to stand outside the temple's main entrance.
	dimdima.com /knowledge/coastal.asp?id=9&q_title=South+to+Karnataka+-+2 (662 words)

	The Week (Site not responding. Last check: )
		His target is the main attraction of the temple town, known as Mathura of the South.
		A non-Brahmin, Kanakadasa, a Krishna devotee, was denied permission to enter the temple by the high priests.
		According to legend, an undeterred Kanakadasa sang in praise of his Lord looking through a side window, and his devotion was rewarded when the statue turned towards the window and showed the shoulder to the main door.
	www.the-week.com /25feb06/lastword_home.htm (746 words)

	The Festival of Joy – Sai Children’s Festival, October 22nd – 24th, 2005
		A Guru, who was earlier a disciple of Saint Purandaradasa notices this quality in Kanakadasa and initiates him as his disciple.
		The Guru praises Kanakadasa's exalted state and blesses him to go out into the world to spread the glory of Lord Krishna.
		Kanakadasa travels to many pilgrimage places singing in praise of Lord Krishna.
	www.saibaba.ws /reports/2005/the_festival_of_joy.htm (2071 words)

	Devadasas rescued faith from ritual-Editorial-OPINION-The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The dasas took a broad view of the issues of caste and community and maintained that anyone â” irrespective of caste or creed â” could attain liberation through devotion to God.
		Kanakadasa was a tribal but he occupies an honoured position in the galaxy of dasas.
		Vijayadasa, Gopaladasa and Jagannathadasa who followed Purandara and Kanakadasa also spoke in the same manner.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow.asp?art_id=16301368 (638 words)

	History Vijayanagara Empire - History Of Ancient, Medieval And Modern India. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		His eminent disciples were Sri Vadirajaswami and Purandaradasa and Kanakadasa.
		Other important works were Bhagavatha by Vittalanatha, Nala Charite, Haribhakthisara, Mohana Tarangini and Ramadhanya Charitre by the saint Kanakadasa, Dasa Sahithya and Keerthanas by Purandaradasa and Kanakadasa, Bharatesha Vaibhava of Ratnakarvarni, Prabhulinga Leele of Chamarasa and Kumara Rama Charita of Nanjunda.
		Kanakadasa's Ramadhanya Charitre is considered a unique work on class struggle.
	www.bharatadesam.com /history/vijayanagara_empire.php (1658 words)

	Udupi Srikrishna Temple
		Another attraction of this temple is the 'Kanakana Kindi' -a small window through which Krishna is believed to have given darshan to his ardent devotee, Kanakadasa.
		Sri Krishna, pleased by the worship of Kanakadasa created a small hole in the back wall of the temple and turned to face the hole so that Kanakadasa could see him.
		This hole came to be known as KanakanaKindi.
	www.mangalore.com /documents/udupi.html (957 words)

	Sri Poorna Tours and Travels
		It is said that Kanakadasa, an ardent devotee of Krishna, came to Udupi to pay obeisance to the Lord.
		A dejected Kanakadasa sat down near the temple and sang the devotional songs he had composed in his Lord's name.
		It is said that Krishna, pleased with his devotee's faith, turned himself and created a hole in the back wall of the temple so as to face Kanakadasa, who could now have a clear view of his Lord.
	www.travelsmartindia.com /south/udu.html (1872 words)

	Review - Divine expressions - Shalini Ramanathan
		Through her intricate abhinaya, Bala depicted the form of Krishna, the significance of every ornament that adorned him, and Radha and Gopis' divine passion for him.
		Bala concluded the performance with a composition of Saint Kanakadasa.
		Bala's performance of this story of Kanakadasa, brought to life the rich sentiment of Bhakti.
	www.narthaki.com /info/reviews/rev300.html (276 words)

	Shastras
		Sant Kanakadasa was a saint of the Haridasa lineage.
		Kanakadasa was allowed only to look into the temple through a side window, from where he sang a bhajan.
		Kanakadasa: the Golden Servant of Lord Hari provides information on Kanakadasa's life and his musical compositions.
	www.shastras.org /Saints-Sages.html (8749 words)

	Royal Carpet Carnatic Composers: Vyasaraya
		He had not only done scholarly works but also left many compositions, which are revered and rendered by the common people today.
		He is one of the eight saint-composers {Sri Sri Padharaja[Rangavittala], Sri Vyasaraja[Krishna Vittala], Sri Vathiraja[Hayavadana], Sri Purandaradasa, Sri Kanakadasa, Sri Nelayathi[Kasava], Sri Vijayadasa[Vijaya Vittala], Sri Gopaladasa, Sri Jaganathadasa}.
		Sri Purandaradasa and Sri Kanakadasa are disciples of Sri Vyasaraja Tirtha.
	www.geocities.com /promiserani2/co1083.html (497 words)

	Teachers and Parents - Hindu Dharma
		One student said, "I covered myself in a blanket and ate it".
		Other said, "When it was dark in the night, I switched off the light and ate it." Every one explained how smart they were, except Kanakadasa.
		Kanakadasa said, "Guruji, I could not eat it.
	www.balagokulam.org /teach/dharma/god.php (583 words)

	The Hindu : Karnataka News : Kanakadasa's teachings have eternal value: seer
		Vishwapriya Tirtha Swamiji of Paryaya Admar Math said here on Thursday that the teachings and ideals of Kanakadasa were relevant for all times.
		The swamiji said Kanakadasa did not belong to any individual.
		It was essential to understand the meanings of the songs composed by Kanakadasa.
	www.hindu.com /2004/08/20/stories/2004082001740500.htm (375 words)

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