 Some of his most popular kritis include "Broche varevaru ra" in Khamas raga, "Devadideva" in Sunadavinodini, "Mamavatu Sri Saraswati" in Hindolam, "Bhajare Re Manasa" in Abheri and "Ra Ra Rajeevalochana Rama" in Mohanam.He was a recipient of the civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan.He is credited with two writings in Kannada, one of them an autobiography called "Nenapugalu" (memories) and "Na Kanda Kalavidaru" (the musicians I have met) in which he wrote the biographies of many well known musicians.