With reference to cultural history of India, consider the following statements :
- 1.Most of the Tyagaraja Kritis are devotional songs in praise of Lord Krishna.
- 2.Tyagaraja created several new ragas.
- 3.Annamacharya and Tyagaraja are contemporaries.
- 4.Annamacharya kirtanas are devotional songs in praise of Lord Venkateshwara.
Which of the statements given above are correct ?
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Answer: B. Statement 1 is wrong: most Tyagaraja kritis praise Lord Rama, not Krishna. Statement 2 is correct: he created several new ragas. Statement 3 is wrong: Annamacharya lived in the 15th century and Tyagaraja in the 18th–19th centuries. Statement 4 is correct: Annamacharya's kirtanas praise Lord Venkateswara of Tirupati. So 2 and 4.
Watch for: Both are famous Telugu composers of devotional music, so students assume they lived at the same time.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Wrong because Tyagaraja's kritis praise Rama and the two were not contemporaries.
- C. Wrong because statements 1 and 3 are false.
- D. Wrong because Tyagaraja and Annamacharya lived centuries apart.
Source to check: NCERT Class 11 Fine Arts / CCRT (Centre for Cultural Resources and Training) notes on Carnatic music composers
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