Raju who is originally from Andhra Pradesh, has learnt the Mandolin within a rigorous Gurukula system with Sri Subburaju who is the proponent who introduced the mandolin into the carnatic music system. He has toured around the world doing kutcheris and workshops on the mandolin. Nagamani, who is his niece, learnt the instrument when she was still a child and when she grew up, she married her uncle. She also tours around the word with him, playing her music.

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