rama vittala dasaru parvatikar 1990 bagalkot ರಾಮ ವಿಠಲ ದಾಸರು ಪರ್ವತಿಕರ

 

name: ಕೀರ್ತಿಶೇಷ ನಾದಯೋಗಿ ಶ್ರೀ ಪರ್ವತಿಕರ Dattatreya Rama Rao Parvatikar

ಸ್ಥಳ: bagalkot district

period: 1800+

ಅಂಕಿತ : ?

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•• Shri Dattatreya Rama Rao Parvatikar (Veena Baba) ••

Shri Dattatreya Rama Rao Parvatikar (1916-1990) was a prominent Hindu saint and a sanyasi of India. He was keenly interested in Indian Classical Music and was a maestro of Rudra Veena. He invented Dattatreya Veena and was fondly called also as "Veena Baba". Some of his musical recordings are part of a UNESCO project.

He was born as the second son of professor Rama Rao Parvatikar and Vatsala Bai on 1916 at Guledgudda, near Badami.

Swamy Dattatreya Parvatikar lived in the premises of Badrinath Temple of The Himalayas and hardly spoke to anybody.

He was a nada yogi and was an expert in Sitar, Vichitra Veena, Rudra Veena and Swarmandal.

Due to his expertise on veena recital, he was fondly called as veena baba by his spiritual followers.

Swami Dattatreya Rama Rao Parvatikarji (1916-1990), is seen here playing his 'Brahm Vina', as he calls it, at the Badrinath Temple. He said it was the only one left in existence and that he had to help in the making of it himself, getting several strings added to the lower side (like a harp). It had a truly mystical sound. Swamiji would be here during the entire season that the presiding deity resides in Badri Nath Dham.

Swami Parvatikar, an exponent of nada yoga, tried to spread spirituality through music. He has given numerous musical performances all over India. He invented Dattatreya Veena by mixing Sitar, Vichitra Veena and Swarmandal to Rudra Veena.

Alain Daniélou has made recordings of his performances between 1950 and 1955. They are now part of a UNESCO project - UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music of the World.

As a tribute to Alain Daniélou, UNESCO re-issued the album on 1997 as "Anthology of Indian Classical Music – A Tribute to Alain Daniélou".

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