Artist Information Lalitha and Haripriya, popularly known as Hyderabad Sisters are one of the most popular duos of Carnatic music. They are the disciples of the late T G Padmanabhan of the Alathur style. A- graded artistes of the All India Radio, they have performed in all the leading Sabhas of the country and abroad.   Violin: Akkarai Subhalakshmi   Akkarai S. Subhalakshmi, a child prodigy started giving violin solo and vocal programmes at the tender age of eight. She had her initial two years training at Nadha Brahma Vidyalaya of the late guru V. Janakiraman, New Delhi.   She is now under the guidance of Swara Raga Sudha Violin School run by her father   She is not only an expert violinist but also a well recognized vocalist. She is learning vocal music from Padma Bhushan P.S. Narayanaswamy and Chithra Veena N. Ravikiran. She is a direct B-High grade artist of All India Radio, Chennai. She gives violin accompaniment to eminent artists like Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna, Dr. N. Ramani, Chitra Veena N. Ravikiran, Sriram Gangadharan, N. VijaySiva,Shashank, Bombay Sisters, Nithya Shree Mahadevan,Bombay Jayashree, Priya Sisters, Ranjani and Gayatri and others. She also gives classical violin programs all over the country and also in abroad. She has participated in Indo-Russian Cultural exchange program and excelled in violin recital during her visit to Russia in the year 1996. She has also gone to Japan, Germany, Italy, France, Bahrain, United Kingdom and USA for giving violin solo and accompaniment to various Artists. She has accompanied Flute maestro Shashank, for Switzerland concert and has traveled USA along with Ms.Kirnavali and Chitraveena Ravikiran for a concert there. She is also giving violin duet as well as vocal duets along with her younger sister Kum. Akkarai S. Swarnalatha as Akkarai Sisters.   Mridangam: M. Lakshminarayana Raju Shri. M. Lakshminarayana Raju began learning mridangam from his father and guru, Shri. M. Radhakrishna Raju and received advanced training from Shri. Dandamudi Ramamohan Rao. He has accompanied several well-known artists including Dr. Balamurali Krishna and Shri. Bhimsen Joshi in the 1987 Jugalbandi concert tour in USA/Canada and Dr. Balamurali's 1990 concert tour in Switzerland. In 1983, he received the Akashvani Annual Award and is one of the youngest top grade A+ artists. He has been bestowed with several titles including "Mridanga Baaludu" and "Sunaada Sudhanidhi".