Suryanarayana Bhat, at age 3 Vighnaraja was able to sing Kalpanaswaram (improvisational swaras) for raag Mayamalava Gowla.
He headed the instrument section at Temple of Fine Arts in Kuala Lumpur for 6 years, conducted various workshops for students in Malaysia & Tainan University of Technology, Taiwan.
He is the founder director of Surya Global Music Academy at Bangalore and has composed various Varanas, Tillanas among many other compositions.
He is a graded artist of AIR and is recognized by the Indian Cultural Centre,[2] High Commission of India Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
[3] Vighnaraja has given hundreds of performances in India and abroad like USA, Singapore, New Zealand, Australia, Malaysia and Taiwan including regular concerts at Fort High School Ramanavami festivals, Bangalore Gayana Samaja, and sabhas in Chennai.