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Born on 17th January 1954 in an illustrious family of musicians Pt. Raghunath Nakod is one of the leading tabla maestro from Karnataka, India. It was his father Pt. Arjunsa Nakod who initiated him into the world of music. His grand-grandfather was harmonium Artist who used to sing folk songs. The culture of music has peculated to the entire Nakod family such that all his brothers and cousins are table artists and vocalists. His wife Smt. Vidudhi Renuka Nakod is well known Hindustani Classical vocalist and light Music top-grade artist in AIR Dharwad. His son Dr. Ravikiran Nakod is an A-grade artist in AIR and Doordarshan. He has trained many disciples to excel in tabla and all of them have become A-grade artists in All India Radio and some of them are working as staff in AIR.