Lakshmi Nataraj

Lakshmi Nataraj is an Indian classical vocalist and playback singer who primarily works in Kannada cinema. Besides singing, Lakshmi is also a television personality who has worked as a mentor in singing reality shows such as Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Kannada and Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Championship. She, along with her sister Indu Nagaraj, are popularly known as Chilkunda Sisters named after their hometown Chilkunda in Mysore district of Karnataka. Prior to her career in singing, Lakshmi has been a contestant in popular singing talent shows such as Ede Thumbi Haaduvenu in 2005 and Confident Star Singer in 2009 and emerged as the title winner. She is the recipient of a Karnataka State Film Award for the song "Omkara" from the film Aptharakshaka. She has received many State and private awards, including the "Aryabhatta Award" in 2009, for her achievements in Carnatic music. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakshmi...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)