With reference to cultural history of India, consider the following statements :
- Most of the Tyagaraja Kritis are devotional songs in praise of Lord Krishna.
- Tyagaraja created several new ragas.
- Annamacharya and Tyagaraja are contemporaries.
- Annamacharyaldrtanas are devotional songs in praise of Lord Venkateshwara.
Which of the statements given above are correct?(2018)
a) 1 and 3 only
b) 2 and 4 only
c) 1, 2 and 3 only
d) 2, 3 and 4 only
Answer: B
Annamacharyaldrtanas was a 15th-century Hindu saint and is the earliest known Indian musician to compose songs called sankirtanas in praise of the god Venkateswara, a form of Vishnu.
Tyagaraja took music training from SontiVenkataramayya. But that didn’t stop him from taking musical inspirations from various earlier poet