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Garimella Balakrishna Prasad (born 9 November 1948) is an Indian classical devotional singer and composer. He has been the Asthana Gayaka of the Tirumala temple at Tirupati from 1978 to 2006.
He is regarded as a pioneer in rendering devotional music in classical style, especially the Annamacharya sankirtanas. He set the musical tune for more than 600 Annamacharya songs. He composed tunes for numerous famous keerthanas such as Vinaro Bhagyamu Vishnukatha, Jagadapu Chanavula, Pidikita Thalambralu, Tiro Tiro Jawarala, Jaya Lakshmi Vara Lakshmi and many more which became popular among the devotees. He sings in classical styles like carnatic classical, light classical, folk and light music.
Garimella Balakrishna Prasad (born 9 November 1948) is an Indian classical devotional singer and composer. He has been the Asthana Gayaka of the Tirumala temple at Tirupati from 1978 to 2006.
He is regarded as a pioneer in rendering devotional music in classical style, especially the Annamacharya sankirtanas. He set the musical tune for more than 600 Annamacharya songs. He composed tunes for numerous famous keerthanas such as Vinaro Bhagyamu Vishnukatha, Jagadapu Chanavula, Pidikita Thalambralu, Tiro Tiro Jawarala, Jaya Lakshmi Vara Lakshmi and many more which became popular among the devotees. He sings in classical styles like carnatic classical, light classical, folk and light music.