In the later years, Raju involved himself with the Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath for the promotion of fine art and artists in the State.

Raju spent most of his years teaching and popularizing Mysore style of art, as a recognition, Emeritus Fellowship was awarded by the Ministry of Human Resource Development and the Government of India gave its National Award for his excellence in Traditional Mysore Painting.

This is the same family which has the credit for having created the world famous murals in the Dariya Daulat Palace that Tipu Sultan built in Srirangapatna.

Yellappa conveyed the message to son Raju and asked him to refer the Sri Tatva Nidhi, an old treatise on fine arts in the Palace to prepare an appropriate design.

The design prepared not only won Raju an all India prize, but also recognition as a young artist of merit.

The latter with the intention of giving a surprise Christmas gift to His Highness asked Raju to prepare a design for a lampshade.

[3] In 1970, Raju joined The Parishath, at the time it was functioning in a floor of Gandhi Sahitya Sangha in Malleshwaram.

Nanjunda Rao also got a scheme sanctioned from The Central Handicrafts Development Board to train artists in the traditional technique, to which Raju was handed complete charge.

[1] Paintings etched on the walls of the Jain mutt in pilgrim town Shravanabelagola have remained an integral part of its culture, depicting the community's way of life 200 years ago.

Eleven senior artists, Murugappa Chetti, Y Subramanya Raju, S S Kukke, M E Guru, S Kalappa, S R Swamy, V T Kale, Pushpa Dravid, Kalidas Pattar, M S Nanjunda Rao and M J Kamalakshi were commissioned by The Karnataka Lalitha Kala Academy in 1971 to reproduce these paintings, which were surrounding the events connected to the 24th Tirthankara.