Gopalakrishna Bharati composed the Kathakalakshepam Nandanar Charitram, two other works in this genre, and many independent kritis.
13 Facts About Gopalakrishna Bharati
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Gopalakrishna Bharati spent his early days in Mudikondan, near Thiruvarur.
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Gopalakrishna Bharati then met Govinda Yati, who taught him Hindu scripture, and then the musician Ramdas, who taught him Hindustani music.
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Gopalakrishna Bharati started his professional career after finding a patron named Annu Iyer.
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Gopalakrishna Bharati Bharathi composed several kritis on the principles of advaita.
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Gopalakrishna Bharati greatly feared that caste prejudice would prevent him from entering the temple, but his devotion overcame this obstacle, and he obtained his desire, becoming physically merged with Siva in a blaze of light.
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Gopalakrishna Bharati's version of NantanAr Carittiram is a masterly development of the story narrated in Sekkizhar's Periya Puranam.
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Gopalakrishna Bharati included many forms of Tamil regional music and is praised for his ability to capture dialect and popular expression.
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Gopalakrishna Bharati used the mudra Gopalakrishna in his compositions.
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Individual songs of Gopalakrishna Bharati Bharathi became popular with Carnatic musicians.
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The story of Nandanar, as Gopalakrishna Bharati developed it, had considerable resonance with the Nationalist movement in India.
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Gopalakrishna Bharati's kathakalakshepams were so popular in Karaikal that several government officials would sleep at work after spending the whole night listening to his performances.
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Gopalakrishna Bharati's investigations led him to conclude that the cause was in fact Bharathi.