We practise the below songs composed by Sri Purandara Dasa
- Baaro Murare – Behag
- Barayya Namma Manege
- Bhagyadha Lakshmi Bharamma
- Deva Banda Namma, Swami Bandano
- Enna Paaliso Karunakara
- Hari Smarane Maado
- Kande Na Udupi Krishnane – Neelambari/Ragamalika
- Kelano Hari Taalano
- Murahara nagadhara neene gati – Arabhi
- Naanena Maadideno Rangayya
- Naarayana ninna naamada smaraneya
- Nara Janma Bandhaaga
- Ragi Tandira
- Ranga Baro Panduranga
- Sakala Graha Bala Neene
- Smariso Sarvadha Hariye – Hamir Kalyani
- Tanu Ninnadu Jeevan ninnadu swami
- Venkatachala Nilayam
- Yadava Nee Baa
- UpaBhogas
Ashtapathi | Tharangini |

Shri Purandaradasa is one of the most prominent composers of Carnatic music and is widely regarded as the “Grandfather of Carnatic Music”. He was born in Kshemapura in Shimoga District in Karnataka in 1494, to a pious couple, Varadappa Nayaka and Leelavathi. Varadappa Nayaka was a wealthy merchant, and the couple named their son Shrinivasa Nayaka. The boy grew up, receiving a good education and he was very proficient in Kannada, Sanskrit and in music. Initially, Shrinivasa Nayaka was not drawn towards the spiritual path. He continued with the family business and increased it multifold. He was known as ‘Navakoti Narayana’ a man of abundant wealth, but he was a miser who would not give a coin to anyone. According to tradition, there is a beautiful story which relates how Shrinivasa Nayaka, the ‘Navakoti Narayana’ became Purandara Dasa.
A poor Brahmin
frequently visits Shrinivasa Nayaka’s shop and asks him for help. To put him
off, Shrinivasa Nayaka one day gives him a few worthless coins and tells him
not to come back. The Brahmin then meets Shrinivasa Nayaka’s wife, who’s a
kindhearted lady. Moved by the Brahmin’s story, she gives him her nosestud,
which was a gift from her mother. The
Brahmin goes to Shrinivasa Nayaka and tries to sell this jewel to him. Identifying
his wife’s jewel, Shrinivasa Nayaka locks it away and rushes back to his house.
He confronts his wife, tells him how he got the jewel and angrily demands that
she show him her nose stud to him. Unable to answer him, she prays to Lord
Krishna, and miraculously, the jewel appears in her palm. This incident changes
Shrinivasa Nayaka’s life and he realizes that it was the Lord Himself who had
come to correct him. He then gives up all his wealth and starts a new life with
his family.
Purandara Dasa’s kritis
of sung in Sampradadya Bhajans include:
•
Neenyako Ninna • Neene
Anaatha bandhu
•
Kaliyugadalli
Harinaamava • Yaake Murkhanaadyo
•
Yaadava Nee Baro •
Naanenu Maadideno Rangayya
•
Innu daya Baarade •
Dasana Maadiko Yenna
•
Naa Maadida Karma •
Bhaagyaada Lakshmi Baaramma
[Adapted from
Karnataka.com]