9/18/2023 0 Comments How is carnatic music writtenThe Trinity’s motivation may have been bhakti but their product was art music of the highest quality. Merely because the devadasis preserved the priceless heritage of Bharatanatyam and padams, should we say that no girl can be a good dancer unless she first becomes a devadasi? While devout believers are entitled to enjoy the bhakti aspect, it is untenable to say that there cannot be good Carnatic music without bhakti.īhakti may have been the motivating factor in the case of the above composers but it need not be the only motivating factor for every composer or rasika. The fact that the Trinity and earlier composers like Annamayya, Ramadas and Jayadeva had all been intense devotees and composed songs has led to the argument that bhakti is the sole fountainhead, if not the goal, of Carnatic music. The place of bhakti in Carnatic music is a topic of recurring debate.
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