[6] Born on 30 April 1979 to a Tamil family, Harini learnt Carnatic music from Gowri and Radha Viswanathan from the age of four.

Subsequently, she was called by Suhasini Maniratnam to sing "Nila Kaigirathu" for her first film Indira.

Within a career spanning a decade, she sang over 3500 songs four south Indian languages in which 35 devotional albums in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam.

A strong believer and follower of Sathya Sai Baba, Tippu married Harini in Puttaparthi when they both were 22 years.

Harini rendered a series of devotional songs in 2012 on Lord Amman, Ganesha, Perumal among others, titled Om Nava Sakthi Jaya Jaya Sakthi, Vindhaigal Purindhai Nee En Vazhville, and Uchi Pillaiyare Charanam along with ace singer P. Unni Krishnan.