She started her singing career through dramas at the age of ten with the song Chokachokachoka chukannoru chengodi and had also rendered mappilappattu.

[2] She debuted singing with the film Palunkupathram in 1962, composed by V. Dakshinamoorthy.

Later she sung for various Malayalam movies like College Girl, Mister Sundari, Gandharvam to name a few.

[4] Yashoda was married to Illikkal Raghavan and has two daughters and a son.

Playback singer Sreya Raghav is her younger daughter.