Sri Venkateswara Karavalamba Stotram

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Dr. Vasudha Narayanan writes:

 

"A friend of mine has asked me for the words of Sri Venkatesa

Karavalamba stotram and I do not have it."

 

Smt. M.S. Subbulakshmi included this work in one of her outstanding

series of cassettes dedicated to Sri Annamacharya. I do not remember

the number in the series, but it was the volume that also included

the beautiful rendering of Emperumaanaar's Sri Ranga Gadyam. I hope

this will help. If someone does have a copy of the text, however, I

would be interested in knowing who composed this stotram.

 

The topic has brought to mind a question, which, perhaps, could be

answered by some music lovers in our group. Through my limited

knowledge of Telugu, and with the aid of my family's translations, I

have grown to very much enjoy the poetry of Sri Annamacharya. I am

almost certain that the learned sage was intending to propogate the

teachings or our Sampradayam in his works. However, I have read some

recently written briefs of Sri Annamacharya's life, and found little,

if any, written in regard to his connection to SriVaishnavism. I

would be interested in getting some details on this.

 

Daasanu Daasan,

 

Mohan

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On Fri, 20 Sep 1996, MR MOHAN R SAGAR wrote:

> have grown to very much enjoy the poetry of Sri Annamacharya. I am

> almost certain that the learned sage was intending to propogate the

> teachings or our Sampradayam in his works. However, I have read some

> recently written briefs of Sri Annamacharya's life, and found little,

> if any, written in regard to his connection to SriVaishnavism. I

 

The Tirupati Devasthanam recently sponsored a research project on

Annamacharya by one Dr. Chandrasekhar of Mysore. This book was reviewd by

Pappu Venugopala Rao in the magazine Sruti, published from Madras. From

what I remember of the review, the author has analyzed Annamacharya's

compositions with respect to Sri Vaishnava philosophy.

 

The publication details are:

 

Chandrasekhara, H. L.

Shri Annamacharya, a philosophical study : nature of reality and the

individual self according to Annamacharya / H.L. Chandrasekhara. 1st ed.

Mysore : Vidyashankara Prakashana, 1990.

 

Another publication on Annamacharya is:

 

Ramakrsnaravu, Adapa, 1927-

Annamacharya / Adapa Ramakrishna Rao. New Delhi : Sahitya Akademi, 1989.

Series title: Makers of Indian literature.

 

Of course, there are many other kinds of books which have notations of

Annamacharya's kirtanas.

 

S. Vidyasankar