God on the Hill: Temple Poems from Tirupati

by Annamayya

Book Overview

The devotional poems of Annamayya (15th century) are perhaps the most accessible and universal achievement of classical Telugu literature, one of the major literatures of pre-modern India. Annamayya effectively created and popularized a new genre, the short padam song, which spread throughout the Telugu and Tamil regions and would become an important vehicle for the composition of Carnatic music - the classical music of South India. In this book,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195182839
• ISBN13: 9780195182835
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.3" x 5.7"