Prolific contributions of these composers and their contemporaries marked a period of renaissance in the musical history of India and Carnatic music. Other distinguished composers of the time included Tallapakam Annamacharya and his descendants, Bhadraachala Ramadas from Andhra, the Veerashaiva saint Nijagunashivayogi and Ratnakaravarni, the Jaina saint from Karnataka. Vyasarajaru, Vadirajaru, Purandaradasaru and Kanaka Dasaru (15th – 16th century) who followed in the tradition were contemporaries of celebrated musicologists like Ramamatya ( Svaramelakalanidhi), Poluri Govindakavi (Ragatalachintamani) and Pundarika Vitthala ( Sadragachandro`daya, Ragamala, Ragamanjari and Nartananirnaya). Sripadarayaru, a contemporary of Kallinatha (the commentator on Sarngadeva's Sangitaratnakara), was a musician and composer who heralded the musical traditions of the Haridasa movement. The 15th century marked a watershed period in the history of Indian classical music. They laid the foundations of what is today called Karnataka or Carnatic music. Later composers from Karnataka and outside, including the venerated 'Trinity' and musical treatises exhibit and acknowledge these influences.
The Haridaasas had a seminal influence on Carnatic music. The devotees of Panduranga Vitthala of Pandharapur in the Varakari tradition traveled through Karnataka and composed and wrote almost entirely in Kannada. While Sripadaraya is sometimes credited with starting this musical movement, Purandaradaasa, a disciple of Vyaasasraaya, became renowned as Karnataka Sangita Pitaamaha. They were proficient singers and composers and used classical music and the Kannada language as a medium to propagate the teachings and philosophy of the Dvaita school.
The Daasakuta were the peripatetic saint disciples of the Vyaasakuta sanyasins. The Vyaasakuta were the pontifical saints known for their scholarship and exposition of Madhva's philosophy. The Haridaasas, the Vaishnava saints of Karnataka, are classified into the Vyaasakuta and Daasakuta.