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Thursday, February 23, 2017

mariyendhu gathi ledu

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This song is explicitly full of annotations and similes.The tone of the song is self realization, dejection and solicitation. Each stanza h...
Sunday, December 25, 2016

pattinadella brahmamu

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In this song, Annamayya brings forth his view on the various ideas about supreme truth/Brahmam. The overall tone is slightly critical. This...
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Saturday, April 9, 2016

rama dasaratha rama

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This is an out and out  keerthana about Rama with sobriquets of Rama. "Rama" appears twice in the every line except the second on...
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Wednesday, April 6, 2016

avadharu raghupati

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This keerthana describes a scene of service to Rama according to Annamayya. Hence in the first stanza, Annamayya requests Rama to pay atten...
Friday, February 26, 2016

suvvi suvvi suvvani

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This is an out and out janapada/ folk song dedicated to women who mass-pound characterized by the "olala" and "suvvi". ...
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Saturday, November 7, 2015

rara chinnanna

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Another popular poem describing the little Krishna. The main topic of this song is to describe young Krishna and his relationship with the ...
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Sunday, September 27, 2015

Alarulu kuriyaga

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This is yet another song dedicated to Alamelmanga. Annamayya describes the scene when Alamelmanga is dancing behind a curtain. There are t...
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Saturday, September 5, 2015

suvvi suvvi suvvalamma

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This is a folk song by Annamayya that describes the events soon after Krishna's birth. The anupallavi starts with a line "suvvi su...
Tuesday, September 1, 2015

jagadapu chanuvula

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This is yet another marriage or wedding songs characterized by the use of the word "jaajara" meaning play at the end of each stan...
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Saturday, July 18, 2015

Deva devam bhaje

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This is one of Annamayya's Sanskrit keerthanas about Sri Rama.  This keerthanam in its true sense is a collection of epithets for Rama....
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Friday, July 10, 2015

harikrishna melukonu

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Here is another wakeup request song by Annamayya. While there are plenty of such songs by Annamayya, a similar song translated in this blog...
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Thursday, June 4, 2015

jaya jaya rama

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This is Rama's keerthana/ eulogy by Annamayya. It has a unique format. Annamayya in the first part of the line describes a sobriquet of...
Tuesday, June 2, 2015

rama chandrudithadu

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In this song, Annamayya describes the perception of Rama to the various people associated to him(Rama). While most of the characters are ve...
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Friday, April 17, 2015

chakkani talliki changu bhala

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This keerthana is Annamayya's way of extending appreciation or as he says in Telugu "changu bhala" to the Venkatesha's wi...
Wednesday, March 25, 2015

pidikita talambrala pellikoothuru

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 This is one of the wedding ceremonial songs especially "talambralu" literally meaning showers off the heads.  To me it seems as ...
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