Raga Tarangini or just Tarangini is the most prominent

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Narayana Teertha Sri Narayana Teertha (c. 1650 – 1745 CE) was a great saint, devotee of Lord Sri Krishna, the supreme lord, and sang many songs on him. Brief lifesketch Sri Narayana Teertha was born in South India in the region covered by the present-day Andhra ...

, the 17th century

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composer and the author of a Sanskrit opera called

Sri Krishna Leela Tarangini Sri Krishna Leela Tarangini is a Tarangini (music), tarangini or a Sanskrit opera authored by Narayana Teertha. The songs are in chaste Sanskrit and clear diction and are rich in poetic quality. Tarangini is an opera highly suitable for dance dr ...

. ''Tharangams'' of the ''Krishna Leela Tharangini'' to which, it is believed,

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danced. Tarangini is an opera highly suitable for dance drama and it has been very well utilized by Kuchipudi dancers over the last two centuries.

Compositions

Tarangini consists of 12 Tarangams and encapsulates 153 songs, 302

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s and 31 choornikaas. Teertha followed

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and concentrated on the 10th Skandam.

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