She learnt the Burrakatha from her father Lalappa as a young adolescent, and had taught this folk art form to the members of her family and community.

[1] Though illiterate, Eramma could perform twelve folk epics from memory, which amounts to 200,000 sentences and 7,000 pages in print.

[2] Her performances often lasted for days, accompanied by her sister, Shivamma, and her sister-in-law, Parvathamma on percussion, while Eramma herself would play a stringed instrument with one hand and bells with the other.

Her last rites were performed at her native village Daroji in Sandur Taluka of Bellary district.

[1] Daroji Eramma received the Rajyotsava Prashasti in 1999 as well as Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Award instituted by Government of Karnataka.