Tallapaka Annamacharya was born on Vaishakha Shuddha Pournami in the year Sarwadhari () in Tallapaka, Near Rajampet Mandal, a village in present-day Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh, India.Even though his parents belonged to the Nandavarika Brahmin community of Smarta tradition, he took initiation into Vaishnavism and became a Vaishnava in the Vedanta Desika Sampradaya. He is widely regarded as the Andhra Pada kavitā Pitāmaha (Grandfather of Telugu song-writing). He is believed to have been the creator avatar of Nandaka, the sword of Vishnu. Annamacharya is remembered for his saintly life, and is honoured as a great devotee of Vishnu by devotees and saintly singers. Tallapaka Annamacharya (also popularly known as Annamayya)( – 4 April 1503) was a 15th-century Hindu saint and the earliest known Indian musician to compose songs called sankirtanas in praise of the Lord Venkateswara, a form of Vishnu.The musical form of the keertana songs that he composed, which are still popular among Carnatic music concert artists, have strongly influenced the structure of Carnatic music compositions.

Annamayya keerthanalu shobha raju