Kanaka Dasa was one of the devotees of Krishna and an influential person in the Vaishnavabhakti movement in Karnataka. Lord Krishna Krishna (कृषà¥à¤£, Sanskrit for black), is, according to common Hindu tradition, the eighth avatar of Vishnu. ... Vaishnavism is the branch of Hinduism in which Vishnu or one of his avatars (i. ... Bhakti movements are Hindu religious movements in which the main spiritual practice is the fostering of loving devotion to God, called bhakti. ... Karnataka (ಕರà³à²¨à²¾à²Ÿà²• in Kannada) is one of the four southern states of India. ...
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In the 16th century, the laws of the time prohibited lower caste people from entering into the sanctum sanctorum of Hindu Temples, and in Kanaka Dasa's case it was Udupi Sri Krishna Temple. According to one legend, however, a portion of the wall of the temple is said to have broke, the Krishna murti turned around, and by Krishna's grace, he was given darshan of the murti. The window is now called 'Kanaka Kindi'. Murtis are statues or images used by Hindus and also by some Mahayana Buddhists during worship as points of devotional and meditational focus. ... Darshan is a Sanskrit Hindu term meaning sight or a glimpse of the divine. ...
Like Tukaram, his life demonstrated that devotion to God was the sole criteria for acceptance, not ancestry. For more information, see Vaishnava Theology. Tukaram lived in seventeenth century India, in the area now known as Maharashtra. ... The term God (capitalized in English language as a proper noun) is often used to refer to a Supreme Being. ... Kinship and descent is one of the major concepts of cultural anthropology. ... Vaishnava Theology is the theological discourse concerning the Hindu deity Vishnu and/or one of His avatar. ...
Sri Purandara Dasa (1494-1564) (the follower (dasa) of Lord Purandara Vittala [Lord Vishnu in one of his many avatars. ... Shri Madhvacharya,(1238-1317), was the chief propounder of the Dvaita or dualistic school of Hindu philosophy, one of the three influential Vedanta philosophies. ...
Kanaka was born to Biregowda and Beechamma, at Bada and hew as a saiva in the beginning, and later on became a close follower of Vaishnavism, and a devoted Bhakta of Tirupati Venkateshwara whom he visited often, in spite of the hazardous nature of the journey up the hills.
Kanaka says "This body is Yours; life within it is yours, the power in the ear, the vision in the eye, the pleasure of fellowship, and participating in the fragrance and ebullition of life and the enjoyment of the senses are all Yours.
Kanaka was a great mystic and like Purandara, was convinced that every thing moved and had their being at the initiation of Sri Hari; all the animate and inanimate objects of the Universe moved according to His law and fulfilled themselves according to His purpose.
Kanaka Nayaka being of the warrior community(Kuruba) his defeat in the field of battle, directed him to the path of devotion.
KanakaDasa spent later years of his life most in the company with Vyasaraja, He was already an author of Narasimha stora, Ramadhyana Mantra, Mohanatarangini before he became a follower of Vyasaraja.
KanakaDasa was well educated, had a sharp eye and a mind that analysed social developments.
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