His achievements in classical music won Mysore a premier place in the art of instrumental Carnatic music .
He was given the honorific Vainika Shikhamani by Maharaja Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV .
His achievements in classical music won Mysore a premier place in the art of instrumental Carnatic music and he was given the honorific Vainika Shikhamani by Maharaja Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV .