biographyachievements
Nookala is a Top ranking performer on All India Radio and Doordarshan. He has participated in Sangeeta Sammelans and Outdoor broadcasts and National Programmes innumerable times. His radio lessons of teaching and the Bhakti Ranjanis are most sought after by the listeners.
He has the honour of being the Asthana Vidwan of
- Sri Tirumala Tirupati Devastanam - Tirupati amd Pitsburg, U.S.A.
- Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham of Kanchi
- Sringeri Sankara Peetham of Sringeri
- Pushpagiri Peetham of Pushpagiri
- Ganapati Sachidananda Ashram - Mysore
The greatest of the great have listened and appreciated his music. To quote some of the praises he had received.
- Sri Paramaacharya of Kanchi "Your music is divine"
- Sri Bhagvan Satya Sai Baba "Your music is devotional and also oceanal" and gifted him an emerald ring
- Padmasri Dwaram Venkata Swamy Naidu "Your intellectual grasp and talent are mercury"
- Sri Semmangudi Srinivasa Ayyar "Your are a budhisali"
He has the privilege of singing in the presence of
- Sri Jawaharlal Nehru - former Prime Minister of India
- Sri P.V. Narasimha Rao - former Prime Minister of India
- Sri S. Radha Krishna - former President of India
- Sri V.V. Giri - former President of India
- Mayor of London and Chicago and many more