Narayana Teertha was born in South India in the region covered by the present-day Andhra Pradesh.
13 Facts About Narayana Teertha
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Narayana Teertha mastered music at a very early age and studied Puranas, Srimad Bhagavatam and other Sanskrit works.
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Narayana Teertha renounced family at a very early age and took on a life of a religious devotion.
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Narayana Teertha carefully avoided complex usages and utilized easy expressions.
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Narayana Teertha used 17 different Chandas or meters such as Anushtup, Arya, Indravajra, Bhujangaprayadam, Shardula vikriditam, Vasanta tilaka, Prithvi.
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Narayana Teertha wrote 15 books and some of them are available in Benares Hindu University and Parijatapaharanam at Saraswathi Mahal in Tanjore.
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Narayana Teertha is credited with composing two other operas, Parijaa Apaharanam and Haribhakti Sudharnavam.
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Narayana Teertha received divine blessings at Varagur in Thanjavur District.
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Narayana Teertha was the author of a Sanskrit opera called Sri Krishna Leela Tarangini on the life of the Krishna.
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Narayana Teertha uses various literary and musical forms such as songs, prose passages, slokas, dwipadis, etc.
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The Gita Govinda of Jayadeva Goswami, Krishna Karnamritam of Sri Bilvamangalacharya, and the Krishna Leela Tarangini of Narayana Teertha are said to be the 'three gems' in medieval Vaishnava literature describing the deity's various pastimes and plays.
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Narayana Teertha was suffering from a serious stomach ailment and prayed that he should be given the strength to go back to Tirupati, where it all started.
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Narayana Teertha followed Veda VyAsa's Bhagavatam and concentrated on the 10th skandam.