Another music composer Sri Gopalakrishna Bharathi contributed a lot of simple Tamil lyrics for Bhajanai. Though these three great Gurus laid out the foundation of the new system of Bhajans, the systematic method of how a Bhjanai should be conducted was laid by another great person called Gopalakrishna Bhagwathar. This great tradition was further carried forward by Marudanallur sadguru Swamigal. Another great sage called Sridhara Ayyaval who was a contemporary of Bhodendral also liked this form of giving fillip to the Bhakthi movement and contributed a lot to this new vehicle of Bhakthi. He decided that the system of Bhajans(Bhajana Sampradayam) should be introduced in the south and worked for the same. Bhodendra Saraswathi visited Puri and found that this form of community worship of God was very attractive. He was asked by his Guru to collect the great book on Bhajans by Saint Lakshmi Dhara of Puri. It was at this time (nearly three hundred years back) a great saint Called Bhodendra Saraswathi who later adorned the Kama Kati Pieta of Kanchi was born. Even this concept was not very popular in the south where Lord Vishnu is found with Goddess Lakshmi /Bhoo Devi/Nila devi/Aandal and Lord Krishna is associated with Bhama and Rugmani. His poems eulogized Lord Krishna along with Radha.
It was at this time the Geetha Govinda was written by the poet of Orissa called Jayadev. They also possibly introduced the Greatness of Purandara Vittala of Pandharpur. Possibly an idea of what it is introduced by the Maratha kings when they ruled over Thanjavur. In spite of the great Bhakthi wave in Tamil Nadu, not many references are there about this system of Bhajan. The members of the audience used to repeat the songs rendered by the lead singer after him. Bhajans started most probably as chanting of names of God as a community in chorus.
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