Saturday, March 20, 2010

Nandavarika's - II

The Brahmins prayed to Goddess Chodeswari who appeared before the King and gave evidence in favour of the Brahmins.
The kng realised the greatness of those Brahmins; He got a town by name Nandavaram built in his Kingdom and provided well for the Brahmins.
Since these Brahmins hailed from 'Nandavaram', they were called ' Nandavarika's'

However, there are some great people born into this sect.Let us know briefly about them.

LITERATURE:

1. Annamcharya
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The first great poet found in this sect is 'Annamacharya'.He belongs to 15th century. He is not only the firsy Nandavariki poet, but is also the first poet-composer-singer (Vaggeyakara) of Telugu literature.Apart from 32,000 Songs(Samkeerthana's) on Tirupati Venkateswara, He wrote books like Venkateswra Sathaka and a theory book Sankeerthana Lakshanam.The famous and dear Lullabies like 'Chandamama Rave' and 'Jo Achyuthananda' were also his compositions
Contd Nandavarika's - III

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