Kanakadasa biography in kannada language india

Kannada saint (1509–1606)

Kanaka Dasa
Painting of Kanakadāsa
Born	Thimmappa Nayaka 30 November 1508 Baada, Shiggaon, Vijayanagara Empire (present-day Haveri District, Karnataka, India)
Died	1606 Kaginele,
Parents	Beerappa (father) Bachchamma (mother)
Occupation	Ruler, saint, poet, philosopher, composer
Order	Haridasa (Dasakuta)
Philosophy	Dvaita, Vaishnavism
Guru	Vyasatirtha

Kanaka Dasa (1509–1606)^[1][2] also known as Daasashreshta Kanakadasa (ದಾಸಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ ಕನಕದಾಸ), was a Haridasa saint and philosopher of Dvaita Vedanta, from present-day Karnataka, India.

He was a follower of Madhvacharya's Dvaita philosophy and a disciple of Vyasatirtha. He was a composer of Carnatic music, poet, reformer and musician.^[3] He is known for his keertanas and ugabhoga, and his compositions in the Kannada language for Carnatic music.

Like other Haridasas, he used simple Kannada and native metrical forms f