A musician with many accomplishments

Meet 20-year-old Devulapalli Lakshmi Prachotan, a prodigy in Carnatic music. He is a disciple of D Raghavachary of the Hyderabad Brothers, and started his training from the age of three years. His mother Devulapalli Sirisha is also a Carnatic vocalist.

At the age of three Prachotan entered into Limca Book of World Record for identifying 144 ragas in 2003. He has performed at several places in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Delhi. He won 20 national awards and over 50 State level awards. He also awarded with Bharat Ratna M S Subbulakshmi Fellowship in 2017.

Prachotan did his schooling from Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Jubilee Hills and now he is pursuing his B Tech from Osmania University in Hyderabad.

"Once the song was playing in the background and next day, when the same song was being played, he identified the raga. He has a flair for identifying ragas. He started singing when he was three" said his mother Devulapalli Sirisha

For Rajnikanth's 60th birthday celebrations at his house, Prachotan sang Chitraratnamayain raga Karaharapriya and the English note composed by Muttiah Bhagavatar. In Kamal Haasan's studios, he has sung Ododi Vanden Kanna in Dharmavati raga and other kirtanas like Omkara Kaarini in Raga Lavangi and Jagadodharana in Kapi Raga.

"My favourite singer is Sanjay Subrahmanyan who is a chartered accountant besides being an accomplished artiste in Carnatic singing. When I am in a good mood, I will sing Shankarabharanam or Bilahari," said Prachotan

"I want to pursue my music as much as I can and want to tell about the Carnatic music to the commoners that is something which I have been seriously working on I have also started giving public talk on Carnatic music", he added.