He began his musical journey nearly three decades back and he still continues to awe his listeners with spell-binding music. ‘Isaignani’ Ilayaraja was spotted recently in Tirupathi. Well, he was not alone. The singer-composer was seen with Telugu actor Mohan Babu.

After a peaceful darshan of the deity and prasadhams from the office bearers from the temple, the duo met the press to reveal their plan on building a university for music. The music maestro revealed that it had been within him for long to construct a university which is completely dedicated for music. As a precursor to this thought the composer has planned to construct a university of music in the premises of Srividhya Nikethan University that actually belongs to actor Mohan Babu.
 
The maestro felt that since there were no universities in the country but only music colleges, he came up with the idea of building up a university were many music lovers from all backgrounds could come and enlighten themselves in music. The composer-artist duo have also promised that they would do all the necessary things to make this university of music a reality.