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 | | Purandaradasa (1491-1564), considered to be the pitamaha or grandsire of Carnatak music, was a bhakta of Vitthala of Pandharpur, Maharashtra, and was deeply influenced by Dnyaneshwar and the varkari (singing pilgrim) tradition of the region. |
 | | The music directors of latter-day Marathi stage -- composers such as Bhaskarbua Bakhale and Govindrao Tembe -- inherited this interest in Carnatak culture, and repeatedly went to South Indian music for inspiration. |
 | | In the popular musical play Maanapman, (1911), the hit songChandrika hi zanu based on an Arabhi kriti, was sung on a 78 record by the famed Ustad Abdul Karim Khan of the Kirana gharana, who settled in Miraj. |
| www.studentgroups.ucla.edu /spicmacay/karnatakmusic.htm (1569 words) |
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