He has the rare privilege of being an A grade artist also in devotional and light classical forms of music.

He is popularly known for delivering music compositions with lyrical clarity, emotion and good use of rhythmic patterns[2] After his retirement from All India Radio, he is currently serving as a guest faculty at Dr. Gangubai Hangal Music and Performing arts university in Mysore.

[3] He is supposed to have given vocal lessons to Puttaraj Gawai[3] Raghavendra's father, Vidwan Ballary.

[2][3] Ballary Brothers were accompanied in numerous concerts by stalwarts such as Palghat Mani Iyer, Lalgudi Jayaraman, Palghat R. Raghu, T. K. Murthy, M. S. Gopalakrishnan, Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman, T. N. Krishnan, Karaikudi Mani etc.

[6] Raghavendra's family members have continued the tradition of promoting Carnatic classical music.

His sister Shrimati Vani Sateesh is a prominent Carnatic vocalist, who had given her first concert at the age of 10.

Raghavendra's initial training was under the tutelage of his uncle Ballary M. Sheshagiri Achar who went on to create 400 kritis.

[3]My gurus would run to a hotel everyday to listen to the radio airing classical music.

[5] Popular singer Vijay Prakash of "Jai Ho" (song) fame is known to have learnt Carnatic music under Raghavendra while he was in Mysore.

[5] Raghavendra often uses expressions of Hindustani music in his concerts especially while delivering devotional compositions of Haridasas.

[10][11] It is started with an intention to provide Fine arts education in schools; bringing rare concerts to the public; and recognizing the efforts of individuals striving to propagate music in society.

[3] Ballary school of Music has the rare distinction of nurturing pathantara of time-honoured clarity, a technique that gathered fine distinctions and gradations with the influence of approaches from the Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and interior Andhra music schools.