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Easy

From among the following names, known as the "Pitamah" (Grandfather) of Carnatic music.

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 4

Purandara Dasa systematised the teaching of Carnatic music by devising the graded exercises (sarali, janti, alankara) still used today and by adopting Mayamalavagaula as the basic scale. For this he is titled Karnataka Sangeeta Pitamaha.

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