A Rajachar was born in Bangalore. His Father had been a priest at the Ranganatha Swamy temple on Avenue road. Young Rajachar had taken a fancy to percussion instruments, influenced by his Father, who was also known to play Tabala for the celebrated Ratnavali theatre of Gubbi Veeranna. Young Rajachar trained under Sri. A Veerabhadrayya, already a respected vidwan in Karnataka during those days. Sri. Rajachar recalled that his first major concert was in Bangalore, around 1945 when he accompanied Vidwan Vaidyanathan who was visiting from Tamil Nadu. He recalled that the famed violinist Tayappa of Bangalore also performed in that concert. It had not taken long before Sri. Rajachar had established himself as an able accompanist and was featured regularly in concerts in Bangalore. He had also taken up the priesthood at the beautiful Karanji Anjaneya Swamy temple in Basavanagudi. Sri. Rajachar recalled that his association with my Father Veena Rajarao began sometime in the 1940s and continued well into the late 1970s. Rajachar was very emotional when he recalled many occasions where he accompanied my Father for both Veena and vocal concerts. He recalled that it was not uncommon for many of these concerts to extend into 4 to 5-hour affairs! He was delighted when I showed him some pictures from the good old days and he could not hold back his tears when he saw pictures of himself with my Father and Sri. Ratnagiri Subbashastry (violinist). Sri. Rajachar recalled that he had also accompanied my sister Veena, who had begun public performances as a young girl.