Puttur Narasimha Nayak is a Kannada and Konkani singer and vocalist from Karnataka.
He sings devotional songs, chiefly Haridasa compositions, and Carnatic classical music.
Born in a Gowd Saraswat Brahmin family,[1] Nayak began to learn music at the age of 14.
In 1977, he started singing for Konkani, Kannada and Tulu films including Kendada Male, Ujwadu and music by L. Vaidyanathan, Gauri Ganesha, and Rajan–Nagendra.
[2][citation needed] He has sung more than ten thousand devotional, motion picture, and folk songs in 14 Indian languages.