<P> Purandara Dasa ( 1484 -- 1564 ) was a Hindu composer and musicologist who lived in Hampi of the Vijayanagara Empire . He is considered Pithamaha ( literally , `` grandfather '' ) of the Carnatic music . Purandara Dasa was a monk and a devotee of the Hindu god Krishna ( Vishnu , Vittal avatar ) . He systematized classical Indian music theory and developed exercises for musicians learn and perfect their art . He travelled widely sharing and teaching his ideas , and influenced numerous South Indian and Maharashtra Bhakti movement musicians . These exercises , his teachings about raga , and his systematic methodology called Suladi Sapta Tala ( literally , `` primordial seven talas '' ) remains in use in contemporary times . The efforts of Purandara Dasa in the 16th century began the Carnatic style of Indian classical music . </P>
<P> Purandara Dasa ( 1484 -- 1564 ) was a Hindu composer and musicologist who lived in Hampi of the Vijayanagara Empire . He is considered Pithamaha ( literally , `` grandfather '' ) of the Carnatic music . Purandara Dasa was a monk and a devotee of the Hindu god Krishna ( Vishnu , Vittal avatar ) . He systematized classical Indian music theory and developed exercises for musicians learn and perfect their art . He travelled widely sharing and teaching his ideas , and influenced numerous South Indian and Maharashtra Bhakti movement musicians . These exercises , his teachings about raga , and his systematic methodology called Suladi Sapta Tala ( literally , `` primordial seven talas '' ) remains in use in contemporary times . The efforts of Purandara Dasa in the 16th century began the Carnatic style of Indian classical music . </P>
who is the father of indian classical music
who is the father of indian classical music
Purandara Dasa
Purandara Dasa