He was born on 18 November 1978 in Harihar which is in Davanagere District of Karnataka state in India.

Bapu used Carnatic, Hindustani, and Lounge music as the tools of expression for Allama Prabhu's Vachanas.

Bapu's soft and restrained musical style has varied meditative albums to his credit.

entitled Music as Therapy by Bapu Padmanabha of Harihar, Karnataka State was released by External Affairs Government of India in order to acquaint foreign cultural delegates with Indian classical music.

Bapu composed music[3] for the film Allama Prabhu produced by Yajaman Enterprises, M.D.