28 singers give musical tribute to Yesudas on 81st birthday

Marking the 81st birthday of music legend KJ Yesudas, 28 singers joined hands to give a musical tribute to him. The song starting ‘Manninte Punyamam Gandharva gayaka' was penned by Harinarayanan. Singer Shweta Mohan composed the beautiful song. Singer Shankar Mahadevan released the song on the official YouTube channel of singer Shweta Mohan.

Senior singers KS Chithra, MG Sreekumar, Sujata Mohan, Srinivas, Venugopal, Biju Narayanan, Unni Menon and Krishnachandran also rendered voice to the song.

Sithara Krishnakumar, Madhu Balakrishnan, Vidhu Pratap, Jyotsna, Gaystri, Afsal, Vijay Yesudas, Sudeep Kumar, Madhusree, Harishankar, Rajalakhsmi, Nishad KK, Anoop Shankar, Ravi Shankar, Rakesh Brahmanandan, Rimi Tomy, Aalaap Raju, Devanand and Shweta Mohan were also among the singers who joined hands for the unique birthday gift to the legendary singer. This time, Yesudas is celebrating his birthday in the US.

For the first time in 48 years, he was forced to cancel his visit to Mookambika temple on his birthday amid the COVID-19 restrictions.