Biography

Tallapaka Annamacharya (Telugu: తాళ్ళపాక అన్నమాచార్య, romanized: taḷḷapāka annamācārya), also popularly known as Annamayya, was a musician, composer, and a Hindu saint. He is the earliest known Indian musician to compose songs called samkirtanas. His devotional samkirtanas were in the praise of Venkateswara, a form of Vishnu.Annamayya is said to have composed as many as 32,000 samkirtanas (songs) on the praise of Venkateswara of which only about 12,000 are available today.