Śrī Ādibhaṭla Nārāyaṇa Dāsu (1864-1945)

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srkris
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Śrī Ādibhaṭla Nārāyaṇa Dāsu (1864-1945)

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The following information was shared by a person who is not a member here asking me to create a thread for this composer.
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Śrī Ādibhaṭla Nārāyaṇa Dāsu.(1864-1945) wrote Kritis in Samskrutam, Telugu and Accha-Telugu or Telugu from which Samskrutam words were exluced. Śrī Nārāyaṇa Dāsu was a poet, musician, vaggeyakara "Laya Brahma", "Panchamukhi Parameswara" (titles he earned for his ability to sing a Kriti synchronising it with five Talas (beat with two hands, two feet and head) and the creator of the composite art form, "Harikatha" comprising Puranik storytelling; reciting poetry, performing music (both pre-written and extempore); dancing and acting. He has been hailed as the "Versatile genius".

For more on his life and work, please read this brief biography.

https://www.adibhatlanarayanadas.org/20 ... a-das.html

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Re: Śrī Ādibhaṭla Nārāyaṇa Dāsu (1864-1945)

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Sri Adibhatla Narayana Dasu or Srimadajjada Adibhatla Narayana Dasu garu, the multi faceted genius is also referred to as the "Harikatha Pithamaha" in Andhra Pradesh. I had read that he was proficient in many languages, such as Telugu, Samskrutham, English, Hindi, Bengali, Urdu, Persian and Arabic. In addition to performing harikatha in telugu, it seems he was well versed in conducting Harikathas in other languages like Bengali etc..

Several of his compositions are being set to tune by vidwans and presented. Sri Vyzarsu Balasubrahhmanyam's rendition is below.
https://youtu.be/oKAP6KFNsHI

Paternal grandfather of the Malladi brothers Sri. Malladi Sreerama murthy garu was a disciple of Narayana Dasu. Now continuing in his lines, Malladi Suribabu garu and his sons (MBros) are also into turning many of Dasu garu compositions.

This below YouTube channel covers some of the renditions by them as well as others.👇
https://youtube.com/channel/UCIvGMjbW6bBB0-yjhApLB2g

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