| Dattatreya Rama Rao Parvatikar | |
| Birth Place: | Guledgudda, Dist Bagalkot, Karnataka |
| Birth Date: | 1916 |
| Death Date: | 1990 |
| Other Names: | veena baba, nadayogi, veenamaharaj |
Dattatreya Rama Rao Parvatikar (sa|दत्तात्रेय राम राव् पर्वतिकर्, pronounced as /sa/) [1916-1990], was a Hindu saint and sanyasi in India.
Dattatreya Parvatikar is a Deshastha Madhva Brahmin and follower of Madhva Sampradaya. He lived in the premises of Badrinath Temple of The Himalayas. He was fondly called veena baaba by his spiritual followers.[1]
Parvatikar, an exponent of nada yoga, tried to spread spirituality through music.
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.[2] As a tribute to Alain Daniélou, UNESCO re-issued the album on 1997 as Anthology of Indian Classical Music – A Tribute to Alain Daniélou.[3]
He started the Nada Yoga School in Rishikesh in 1950.
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.