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Bhadrachala Ramadasu

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534:. These are in the form of a Yakshagana or Harikatha about Ramadasu and his songs. They are from six authors – Yadavadasu, Singaridasu, Krishnadasu, Ayyagiri Veerbhadra Rao, Balaji Dasu, and Pentapati Rao. Many contain between 100 and 108, but one has 137 songs attributed to Ramadasu. Taken together, a total of 190 different compositions have been attributed to him, with one critical edition attributing 37 songs before he was arrested by Islamic authorities, 64 while he was held in jail for 12 years, and 31 songs in the final years after his release. Thus, 132 songs are likely to have been composed by Ramadasu. Further, a notable feature of Ramadasu's compositions is his knowledge and his use of ragas from both South Indian schools (20 ragas) and North Indian schools (17 ragas), thereby uniting the two classical musical traditions. 361:
temple of Bhadrachalam, partly with donations and partly with tax he had collected for the Golconda Sultanate, his arrest on charges of fraud and misuse of the taxes, he spending 12 years in solitary confinement in Golconda prison where he composed poems for the Lord Rama, his release and return to Bhadrachalam. In some version, god Rama and his brother Lakshmana reappear on earth and pay the ransom demanded by Golconda Sultanate for his release. In other versions, the Sultan under attack from Aurangzeb forces and facing imminent collapse, opens a new trial, finds him innocent and acquits him. The varying accounts are found in the records of the Dutch East India company, the temple's hagiography, and the regional Telugu oral traditions.
44: 464:) Ramadas was cast into jail with orders that he be released only after the exchequer received all the taxes in full. Ramadas implores Rama through many emotional songs that were popularized from the stanzas of 'Dasaradhi Sathakam ' and 'Keertanas' of Bhakta Ramadasa. They praise the Lord for all his mysterious ways in popularizing his devotees and Ramadas regularly sings to the Lord. The songs end in a state of total and unconditional surrender to the will of the Almighty. 522:, a bhakti poem with didactic metric style whose lines and stanzas are often sung or shared in the regional Telugu tradition. However, like the works of many poet-saints and philosophers on the Indian subcontinent, it is unclear which of the poems attributed to Ramadasu were authentically composed by him. There are six compilations named after Ramadasu, four of which are all called 284:, a term linked to the Narayana mantra, is believed to be linked to Sri Vaishnavism guru Raghunatha Bhattacharya, who initiated him as a boy into the Dasarathi tradition. These and other hagiographic accounts found in Yakshagana or Harikatha compilations present him as a boy-prodigy with an impulsively creative mind composing lyrics on the Hindu god Rama. 370: 280:. He was orphaned in the teens, triggering an impoverished life, sustained by singing bhakti songs to Rama and collecting rice door to door. His life story has been largely reconstructed from poems he composed or is assumed to have composed, where there is a mention of events of his life. For example, one bhakti song mentions 436:
here. In spite of its significance, the temple was utterly neglected. So, Ramadasu started to raise funds for the renovation and reconstruction of the temple. After he emptied his coffers and could raise no more money, the villagers appealed him to spend his revenue collections for the reconstruction
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There are contradictory stories about his life after he became the tehsildar and led the tax collection activities at Bhadrachalam. All these stories share a common theme – he collecting Jizya religious tax from Hindus in Bhadrachalam area, he reconstructing or building anew the famed large Rama
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fame. He is most known for his pallavi, anupallavi and caranam compositions in Telugu and some in Sanskrit. His musical mudras vary and are remembered by his name or his favorite place Bhadrachalam; for example, Ramadas, Bhadrachalavasa, Bhadradri, Bhadragiri, Bhadrasyla and others. His compositions
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In 1650, Gopanna traveled to Hyderabad to meet his maternal uncles, who were at that time working in the tax department of Golconda Sultanate under the minister Mirza Mohammed Sayyad. They persuaded the minister to give a job to their nephew Gopanna. Mirza Mohammed Sayyad appointed Gopanna in tax
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were popular in his days, and influenced many into the modern age. This includes Tyagaraja who dedicated 5 of his own compositions in praise of Ramadasu, with one equating him to figures such as the Narada muni and bhakta Prahlada, legendary and much loved personalities in Hinduism.
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lyrics to Rama illustrate the classical Pallavi, Anupallavi and Charanam genre composed mostly in Telugu, some in Sanskrit and with occasional use of Tamil language. These are famous in South Indian classical music as
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and promised to repay the amount after harvesting crops. As such, Ramadas finished the reconstruction of the temple with six hundred thousand rupees collected from land revenues - without the permission of the
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The above krithis are sung on the occasion of Bhadrachala Ramadasu Jayathi Utsavam, which falls in January and February of every year. Carnatic musicians and singers all over India will perform in this event.
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in 1672, Tana Shah's father-in-law. As reward for their material support during a period of power struggle with Aurangzeb and the Mughal Empire, the brothers were appointed ministers at the court of
252:. He wrote the Daasarathi Satakamu (దాశరథి శతకము) with a 'makuTamu' (మకుటము) 'Daasarathee Karunaa payonidhee' (దాశరథీ కరుణా పయోనిధీ), a collection of nearly 108 poems dedicated to Rama. 2133: 43: 2101: 2193: 460:
The story continues that soon after the reconstruction, his miseries started. He was dismissed from his job by his enemies who spread a lot of fake news. (near
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In non-scholarly claims feeding the popular imagination, many more compositions are attributed to him. For example, according to the Indian newspaper
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Ramadasu is one of the bhakti movement poet-saints of Hinduism, and a revered composer in the Carnatic music tradition. His compositions are largely
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at the crest of the main temple. On the same night, it is believed that he saw Rama in his dream and asked him to have a holy dip in the
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rule. Different mythical stories about his life circulate in the Telugu tradition. He is renowned for constructing the famous
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there. Bhadrachalam is significant to devotees of Rama for many reasons. Lord Rama stayed near the Parnasala there with
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Kancherla Gopanna (Goparaju), later known as Bhakta Ramadasu, was born in a moderately well to do
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collection department in Bhadrachalam, where the temple dedicated to Rama already existed.
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This title denotes a person who not only composes lyrics but also sets them to music;
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and pilgrimage center on the banks of river Godavari at Bhadrachalam. His devotional
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As the temple was nearing completion, he was perplexed one night about fixing the
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near Bhadrachalam (although it is believed that Shabari used to live near
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and 12 years in solitary confinement at the Golconda prison during the
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Thereafter he released Ramadasu and established a tradition to send
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festival and this tradition was continued by the next rulers like
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is believed to have been given direction by Rama to translate the
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A statue of Bhakta Ramadasu singing a song in Rama's praise
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Other popular compositions of ramadasu are as follows:-
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Release and Sultan's unanticipated devotion towards Rama
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B Rajanikanta Rao (1991), Ramadasu, Sahitya Akademi,
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B Rajanikanta Rao (1991), Ramadasu, Sahitya Akademi,
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B Rajanikanta Rao (1991), Ramadasu, Sahitya Akademi,
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B Rajanikanta Rao (1991), Ramadasu, Sahitya Akademi,
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The Ramayana in Telugu and Tamil: A Comparative Study
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produced, directed, and essayed Kancherla Gopanna in
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Lakshminarayana Granthamala. p. 160. 388:Once, Ramadasu visited Bhadrachalam for a 295:(Tana Shah) gain power after the death of 42: 31: 1927: 1925: 1923: 268:family to Linganna Mantri and Kamamba in 1808:meaning singing or singable in Sanskrit. 863: 543: 2060:"Long long ago when faith moved a king" 1821: 1789: 1670:Ramachandraya Janaka Rajaaja Manohara 197:), was a 17th-century devotee of the 27:17th century Indian composer and poet 7: 2194:17th-century Hindu religious leaders 2174:http://www.karnatik.com/co1015.shtml 1893:Rao, Balantrapu Rajanikanta (1988). 1876:Rao, Balantrapu Rajanikanta (1988). 1871: 1869: 2162:http://www.bhadradriramadarsini.com 1899:. Sahitya Akademi. pp. 35–39. 1882:. Sahitya Akademi. pp. 17–19. 1765:which won the National Film Award. 404:during his exile and also visited 248:. 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Kancharla Gopanna
A statue of Bhakta Ramadasu singing a song in Rama's praise
Nelakondapalli
Golconda Sultanate
Khammam District, Telangana
Bhadrachalam
Carnatic music
Tehsildar
Vaggeyakara
bhadrachalaramadasu.com
Telugu
Telugu
Hindu god
Rama
Carnatic music
Nelakondapalli
Khammam district
Bhadrachalam
Qutb Shahi
Sita Ramachandraswamy Temple
Sri Vaishnava
satakams
Telugu
Niyogi Brahmin
Nelakondapalli
Khammam District
Telangana
Madanna and Akkanna
Abul Hasan Qutb Shah
Abdullah Qutb Shah

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