Sisters Indu, Lakshmi Nagaraj turn mentors on the show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Championship

Sandalwood playback singers Indu Nagaraj and

Lakshmi Nagaraj

, who are sisters, are now mentors on the popular singing show

Sa Re Ga

Ma Pa Championship, which went on air last weekend. It is perhaps for the first time on Kannada television that sisters are part of a singing show as mentors.

Indu

Nagaraj and Lakshmi Nagaraj, who are from Mysuru, received musical training at a young age from their father. They both started giving musical concerts in Mysuru and both were participants on the show Edhe Thumbi Haaduvenu in the year 2006. They got the moniker Chilkunda sisters because their native village is Chilkunda.

Indu Nagaraj rose to fame by singing

Pyaarge Agbitaitthe

from Aptharakshaka which gave a major break in her career. She was also one of the judges of the show Haadu Karnataka. Both Indu and Lakshmi are excited about the new journey on

Sa Re

Ga Ma Pa Championship which has Hamsalekha, Arjun Janya and Vijay Prakash as judges. The show is hosted by Anushree.