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Sri Tallapaka Annamacharya(శ్రీ తాళ్ళపాక అన్నమాచార్య) (1408 - 1503) is a popular Telugu Poet and Vaggeyakara (a person who can compose lyrics, music and sing) widely regarded as the Telugu Pada Kavita Pitaamaha (Grand old man of simple poetry). He hailed from the Tallapaka village, in the Rajampet mandal of Kadapa district. His wife, Thimmakka, was also a poet, and had written Subhadra Kalyanam, and is considered the first Telugu woman poet. His son PeddaTirumalacharya is also a well-known Vaggeyakara.An ardent devotee of Lord Venkateswara of Tirupati, Annamacharya(also known as Annamayya) successfully composed more than 32,000 Krithis/Sankeertanas in the Carnatic music tradition, a feat which is near impossible to replicate. Annamacharya was also the very first Vaggeyakara in Telugu and established a tradition which was later followed by a number of saint composers like Tyagaiah and Kshetraiah.
