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Dear Sri Lakshmi Narasimhan,

While I have no knowledge of music, I do hail from a family of classical
music lovers and musicians. So, if only as a feeble attempt to uphold the
family legacy, here is what I can offer on this:

Of the three great musicians, only one, Sri TAlapAkka Annamachariar was a
SriVaishnava, having received pancha samskAram from the renowned Adivan
satakOpan of what would later come to be known as Sri Ahobila Matham. 
Indeed, I have reason to believe (although much more research needs to be
done into this) that Sri Annamachariar's music was deeply influenced by
SriVaishnava thought, particularly the AzhvArs pAsurams, and it is for that
reason that to this day, Srinivasan is lulled to sleep with renderings sung
by his direct descendant (It is interesting to note that while the
TAlapAkka family is smArtha by tradition, the eldest son in each generation
takes samAsrAyanam from Srimad Azhagiya Singar such that this tradition can
be maintained).

As for the other two, Sri ThyAgaraja, while an ardent devotee of Sriman
NarAyana in his own right, was not connected to Ramanuja Sampradayam, and
in fact hints of an advaitic element in his musical compositions. 

Regarding Sri Purandaradasa, perhaps the devotees from Karnataka could shed
more light on him. I was under the impression that he belonged to the
Madhva community.

adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan
Mohan







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