who is the father of indian classical music
Indian classical music Purandara Dasa (1484 â€“ 1564) was a Hindu composer and musicologist who lived in Hampi of the Vijayanagara Empire.[41][42] 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).[41] 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.[43] These exercises, his teachings about raga, and his systematic methodology called Suladi Sapta Tala (literally, "primordial seven talas") remains in use in contemporary times.[42][44] The efforts of Purandara Dasa in the 16th century began the Carnatic style of Indian classical music.[43]