He is a Carnatic Mridangam player who also plays Kanjira. One of the only Tamil kanjira players located in New Delhi in North India (where he was born). He learned mridangam and kanjira from V. Chandrasekaran, U.K. Sivaraman & Guruvayur Dorai. He belongs to the Pazani school of mridangam. He Performed all over India and abroad for both vocal and instrumental music Carnatic and Jugalbandhis.