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| name = Dattatreya Rama Rao Parvatikar<br />
| image = File:Swami parvatikar praying (14170870658).jpg<br />
| alt = Parvatikar praying<br />
| caption = Parvatikar<br />
| birth_place = [[Guledgudda]], Dist Bagalkot, Karnataka<br />
| birth_date = 1916<br />
| death_date = 1990<br />
| other_names = veena baba, nadayogi, veenamaharaj<br />
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'''Dattatreya Rama Rao Parvatikar''' ({{langx|sa|दत्तात्रेय राम राव् पर्वतिकर्}}, {{IPA|sa|dɐttaːtɽeːjɐ ɽaːmɐ ɽaːʋ pɐɽʋɐtɪkaːɽ|IPA}}) [1916-1990], was a [[Hindu]] [[saint]] and [[Sannyasa|sanyasi]] in [[India]].<br />
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==Spiritual life==<br />
Dattatreya Parvatikar is a [[Deshastha Madhva Brahmin]] and follower of [[Madhva Sampradaya]]. He lived in the premises of [[Badrinath Temple]] of [[Himalayas|The Himalayas]]. He was fondly called ''veena baaba'' by his spiritual followers.<ref name="veenababa">{{cite web|title=Nada Yoga Centre|url=http://www.nadyoga.org/about-us/|accessdate=2014-06-06}}</ref><br />
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==Music==<br />
[[File:Swami parvatikar playing rudra veena (14170870218).jpg|thumb|250px|Dattatreya Parvatikar playing Rudra Veena]]<br />
Parvatikar, an exponent of [[Nāda yoga|nada yoga]], tried to spread spirituality through music.<br />
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He was keenly interested in [[Indian classical music]] and played the [[rudra veena]]. [[Alain Daniélou]] made recordings of his performances between 1950 and 1955. They are now part of a [[UNESCO]] project - ''UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music of the World''.<ref>{{cite web|title= UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music of the World|url=http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/index.php?pg=00123|accessdate=2014-06-06}}</ref> As a tribute to [[Alain Daniélou]], UNESCO re-issued the album on 1997 as ''[[Anthology of Indian Classical Music – A Tribute to Alain Daniélou]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Anthology Of Indian Classical Music - A Tribute To Alain Daniélou|url=http://www.discogs.com/Various-Anthology-Of-Indian-Classical-Music-A-Tribute-To-Alain-Dani%C3%A9lou/release/1593182|year=1997|accessdate=2014-06-06}}</ref><br />
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He started the Nada Yoga School in [[Rishikesh]] in 1950.<ref name="veenababa" /><br />
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==Raghavendra mission==<br />
In 1975, Dattatreya Parvatikar founded the Shri Raghavendra Mission in [[Bangalore]]. In his memory, a music concert is held every year at Gayan Samaj Bangalore.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.discogs.com/artist/1513956-Swami-DR-Parvatikar veenababa's music]<br />
*[http://raghavendramissioninr.org/ Shri Raghavendra Mission]<br />
*[http://www.nadyoga.org/about-us/ Nada Yoga School]<br />
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