Shobha Raju, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Shobha Raju

Indian singer

Date of Birth: 30-Nov-1957

Place of Birth: Vayalpadu, Andhra Pradesh, India

Profession: composer, music pedagogue

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Shobha Raju (born 30 November 1957) is an Indian musician, devotional singer, writer and composer, known as an exponent of sankirtana of the gospel of the 15th-century saint-composer, Annamacharya.She was awarded the Padma Shri by Government of India for her contributions to arts in 2010.She is the founder of "Annamacharya Bhavana Vahini" (ABV) in 1983 with the motto: "Eradication of Thought-Pollution through Divine Music".
This institute has trained over fifteen thousand students, most into professional singers, and is quickly growing towards her vision of a Music University where her students of music are also trained with Yoga, Meditation, Naturopathy and Philosophy to grow within.
With land contribution from the Government of Andhra Pradesh, this project now continues to take shape into an extended auditorium and a temple for Sri Annamacharya.