{"id":2502,"date":"2025-05-02T16:55:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T11:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2502"},"modified":"2025-05-02T16:55:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T11:25:48","slug":"q-with-reference-to-culture-history-of-india-consider-the-following-statements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-with-reference-to-culture-history-of-india-consider-the-following-statements","title":{"rendered":"Q. With reference to culture history of India, consider the following statements:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Most of the Tyagaraja Kritis are devotional songs in praise of Lord Krishna.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tyagaraja created several new ragas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Annamacharya and Tyagaraja are\u00a0<strong>contemporaries<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Annamacharya kirtnas are devotional songs in praise of Lord Venketshwara.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Which of the statement is given above are correct?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list mcq\">\n<li>1 and 3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 and 4 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1, 2 and 3<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2, 3 and 4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>(b) 2 and 4 only<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"notes-hd-6814820ccb955\">Notes:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In India, there are\u00a0<strong>two dominant styles of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/classical-music-of-india-upsc\/\">classical music<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Hindustani Music whose domain is the North and Carnatic Music, largely confined to the South<\/strong>.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>By all accounts,\u00a0<strong>Saint Purandaradasa is acknowledged as the Father of Carnatic Music.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Although, PurandaraDasa gave Carnatic Music a start, it was the\u00a0<strong>musical trinity of Tyagaraja, MuthuswamiDikshatar, and SyamaSastryreally helped to bring structure to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/classical-music-of-india-upsc\/\">Carnatic Music<\/a>,<\/strong>\u00a0besides raising it to truly exalted levels.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tyagaraja was born on 14th May 1767\u00a0<\/strong>in the village of Thiruvayaru in the Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu\u00a0whereas\u00a0<strong>Ta\u1e37\u1e37ap\u0101kaAnnam\u0101c\u0101rya (or Annamayya) (22 May 1408 \u2013 4 April 1503)<\/strong>\u00a0was a 15th-century Hindu saint.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tyagaraja\u00a0was an ardent devotee of Lord Rama<\/strong>. In his praise and honour he wrote numerous musical operas, and about twenty four thousand songs, a claim that has been speculated among music historians.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tyagaraja\u2019s songs and compositions are full of devotion to his\u00a0<strong>god Rama<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tyagaraja\u00a0introduced\u00a0<strong>several\u00a0unusual\u00a0ragas\u00a0in Carnatic music<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Annamacharya kirtanas<\/strong>\u00a0are devotional songs in prais of\u00a0<strong>Lord Venkateshwara.<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ta\u1e37\u1e37ap\u0101kaAnnam\u0101c\u0101rya (or Annamayya) is the earliest known Indian musician to compose songs called\u00a0<strong>sankirtanas in praise of the god\u00a0Venkateswara<\/strong>, a form of Vishnu.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>His compositions, written in easy Telugu, are still sung at\u00a0<strong>Tirumala<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He is considered the \u201c<strong>Padakavitha Pitamaha<\/strong>\u201d (the father of \u2018Padakavitha\u2019, a specific form of Telugu poetry).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Annamacharya-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Annamacharya\" class=\"wp-image-51686\" style=\"width:387px;height:auto\" title=\"UPSC Prelims Research: Ancient History &amp; Art and Culture 2018 1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><strong>Annamacharya<\/strong>: This statue is at Dwaraka Tirumala<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which of the statement is given above are correct? 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