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Purandaradasa: Father of Carnatic Music | Life, Legacy and Compositions

Aakarshini V, Artium Academy

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Type
blog
Level
beginner
Language
en
Cost
free
Topics
purandara dasa, history, pedagogy

What it is

A blog post about Purandara Dasa: his life, his Kannada devotional songs, and the Sarali Varisai teaching exercises attributed to him. It gives his birth only as the 15th century.

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