Many renowned musicians of the south like Late Sri Rallapalli Ananthakrishna Sharma, Sri Nedunuri Krishnamurthy, Sri M.Bala MuraliKrishna, and Sri G.Balakrishna Prasad have composed music to some of these songs in various genres enabling these magical verses to be cherished musically and have blessed the devotees of lord sri venkateshwara and the greatest saint Sri Tallapaka annamcharya to have the fruits of these priceless sankirthanas. Traditionally his songs are classified into Adhyaatama(devotional), Sringaara(romantic) samkirtanaas. Ever since the discovery of this lost treasure, Tirumala Tirupati Devastanams (TTD) and other organizations in India are working hard to promote the music and literature of Annamacharya. In 1922, twenty five hundred copper plates, comprising of about 14,000 sankIrtanas and a few other works were found there which was later named as SANKIRTHANA BHANDAGAR(Devotional Songs Warehouse).

But for reasons not known, most of these copper plates lay hidden in a rock built cell opposite to Hundi in the Tirumala temple unnoticed for over 400 years. His works were mostly in Telugu and Sanskrit.ДЄnnamacharya wrote the sankirtanas on palm leaves and later his son Pedda Tirumalacharya got them engraved on copper plates. He spent the rest of his life in his lord's service and devoting his time between TAllapAka and Tirumala.Дuring his long and prolific career, Annamacharya composed 32,000 Sankirtanas, 12 Satakas (sets of hundred verses), Ramayana in the form of Dwipada, SankIrtana Lakshanam (Characteristics of sankIrtanas), Sringaara Manjari, and Venkatachala Mahatmamyam. Although he propitiated other deities like Rama, Krishna, Narasimha and Vitthala, he viewed them as forms of Venkateswara, the Ultimate Reality.

His marriage did not interfere with his spiritual interests and he became a disciple of the saint Shathakopayati of Ahobalam and studied all the sacred texts. Sometime later his people sought him out and took him home where he was married. He then read many vedas and excelled in his knowledge. Annamayya became Annamacharya when the sage Ghana Vishnu at Tirumala converted him into a Vaishnavaite at the age of 8, the age at which he ran away to Tirupati and lived in Tirumala for some time and was initiated into Sri Vaishnava faith. Eventually a boy was born to them and they named him Annamayya. Annamacharya is the greatest of the poets born in the Tallapaka family of poets, music composers and scholars in Telugu and Sankrit popularized the Srivaishnava faith in Andhra Pradesh in the 15th and 16th centuries.ДЄ holy couple, Narayana Suri and Lakkamamba, did not have children for a long time who then visited Tirumala Temple and while they were prostrating in front of the DHWAJA STHAMBHA(holy pillar), a dazzling brilliance from the sword of Lord Venkateswara struck them like a lightening. Annamcharya is believed to be the incarnation of Lord Venkateswara's NANDAKA(sword). Sri Tallapaka ANNAMACHARYA(1408-1503) the mystic saint composer of the 15th century is the earliest known musician of South India to compose SANKIRTHANAS(devotional songs) in praise of LORD VENKATESWARA(Balaji), the deity of Seven Hills in Tirumala and a manifestation of Lord Vishnu himself. This time he chose to win over people through Bhakti and music.'

'Whenever the earth is permeated with sins, Lord Vishnu takes it upon himself to cleanse it by some means - the stick and carrot policy of punishment or appeasement. There is no place in the entire universe that equals Venkatadri(Tirumala), the place where the Lord resides and there is no God, neither in the past nor in the future who equals Venkateswara(Balaji). 'venkaTAdri samam sthAnam, brahmANDe nAsti kinchana venkateSa samo devo, na bhUto na bhaviSyati!'

Annamayya songs by g.balakrishna prasad