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Vid. G S Nagaraj, born on 19th May 1982 to Sri G.R. Sathyanarayana Shastry and Lakshminarasamma. He has been into this divine art from the tender age of 10 years. He started his Mridangam training from Vid. Sri H L Gopalkrishna. Later, his search for a profound gurus ended in Vid. Sri B N Chandramouli and Vid. Sri Tiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam who are devoted and dedicated to this spiritual art. Under their guidance, Nagaraj gained tremendous knowledge about the ways of staging concerts. His Mridangam accompaniment is highly regarded and given due recognition and appreciation by the music lovers, critics and also other great musicians. He is a sought after artist of choice for classical music and dance concerts. He is also an 'A' Grade artist from All India Radio.