Annamayya Keerthanas Suvvi Suvvi Suvvaalamma
Annamayya Keerthanas Suvvi Suvvi Suvvaalamma
अन्नमय्य कीर्तन सुव्वि सुव्वि सुव्वालम्म
सुव्वि सुव्वि सुव्वालम्मा
नव्वुचु देवकि नन्दनु गनियॆ ॥
शशि वॊडचॆ अलसम्बुलु गदचॆ
दिश देवतल दिगुल्लु विडचॆ ॥
काविरि विरसॆ कंसुडु गिनिसॆ
वाविरि पुव्वुल वानलु गुरिसॆ ॥
गति सेसॆ अटु गाडिद गूसॆ
कुतिलकुडिचि जनकुडु नोरु मूसॆ ॥
गगुरु पॊडिचॆ लोकमु विधि विडिचॆ
मॊगुलु गुरियग यमुनपै नदचॆ ॥
कलिजारॆ वेङ्कटपति मीरॆ
अलमेल्मङ्ग नाञ्चारम्मकलुकलु तीरॆ ॥
About This Stotram
Overview
Suvvi Suvvi Suvvaalamma is a Telugu keerthana by Tallapaka Annamacharya (1408–1503 CE) using a traditional lullaby refrain. The "Suvvi Suvvi" motif is a folk singing style from Telugu tradition adapted here to express devotion by portraying the deity as a child receiving a mother's care. The composition is associated with Lord Venkateswara and belongs to the Vaishnava devotional tradition of South India.
What are the benefits of chanting Suvvi Suvvi Suvvaalamma?
- Cultivates vatsalya bhakti (maternal devotion) toward the deity.
- Associated with seeking blessings for children and family well-being.
- Recited during festivals with a divine-birth theme, including Krishnashtami.
- Supports engagement with the folk-devotional musical heritage of Telugu tradition.
- Part of the Annamayya Keerthanalu corpus used in temple and home devotion.
When is the best time to recite this?
Morning and evening are appropriate times. The keerthana is especially associated with festivals celebrating divine birth, such as Krishna Janmashtami. It may be recited at any time as a lullaby-styled devotional piece.
What is the historical and traditional background?
Tallapaka Annamacharya (1408–1503 CE) composed this keerthana during the Vijayanagara Empire as part of his corpus of over 32,000 sankirtanas. He adapted the traditional Telugu lullaby form (suvvialamma) into a Vaishnava devotional context, portraying the Lord as a divine child — a mode of bhakti found in other regional traditions as well. His works were preserved on copper plates at the Tirumala temple and rediscovered in the 20th century. The composition transmits this particular strand of Vaishnava devotional poetry through the Carnatic musical tradition.
Available scripts
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Related Texts
- Annamayya Keerthanas Jo Achyutananda — another Annamacharya keerthana using lullaby imagery to address Lord Vishnu as a divine child.
- Annamayya Keerthanas Itti Muddulaadu — a keerthana by Annamacharya expressing tender, intimate devotion toward Lord Venkateswara.