Banamali Dasa
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| Native name | ବନମାଳୀ ଦାସ |
| Born | Banamali Pattanayaka |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Language | Odia |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Citizenship | India |
| Genre | Odissi music |
Banamali Dasa (Odia: [bɔnɔmaːl̪i d̪aːsɔ] ⓘ; 1720–1793) was an Indian medieval Odia bhakta-poet and composer of Odissi music from the state of Odisha. "Dinabandhu daitari",[1] "Kede chanda jane lo sahi", and "Manima he etiki maguni mora" are some of his notable writings that are used in Odissi. His songs are popularly sung in festivals, public gatherings, and in Odissi dance. Banamali's compositions (especially chaupadis and jananas) are set to traditional Odissi ragas and talas and are used in the Odissi music repertoire.[2] He is considered to be the foremost poet of the medieval Odia bhakti-literature.[3] He started by writing rustic devotional poetry but later began composing "bhakti" poetry, which gained wider acceptance and popularity among contemporary poets.[4] Banamali Dasa was patronised by Gajapati Birakishore Deva of Bhoi dynasty whom the poet also praised in his writings.[5]
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As Dasa's birth and death are unrecorded, various researchers speculate various years. In a research publication, researcher Janaki Ballabh Mohanty has cited his birth year around 1720-30 and his death year as being unknown. Other publications have his birth year as 1720 and his death year as 1793.[3]
He was born in a Karana family, as written in one of his earlier poems where he explicitly mentions his surname Pattanayaka, used by the Karanas of ancient Odisha.[6] The surname is still in use in India.
He spent most of his life in Puri.
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