• She is Annmacharya’s spiritual daughter. God has sent her to earth to fulfill a mission through music”.
  - H.H.Sri Tridandi Sriman Narayana Ramanuja Chinna Jeer

• “She was madly in love with the saint’s compositions and with her single minded devotion popularized Annamacharya songs and achieved the goal”
  - H.H.Sri.Ranganadhananda, Ramakrishnamission

• “My day starts with her songs. I listen to her making ears to whole of my body”.
  - Mr.P.V.NARASIMHA RAO, Former Prime Minister, India

• “It is Shobha Raju who introduced Saint Annamacharya to me .The melody of her high pitched voice always rings in my ears”
  - Mr.N.T.RAMA RAO, Former Chief minister, Andhra Pradesh

•  “If one had the talent she has, the one would have amassed wealth.But, she sacrificed her life for a noble cause .I am proud that such an artiste lives in my state”
  - Mr.N.CHANDRA BABU NAIDU, Chief Minister, A.P.

• “I know how many cinema offers came her way .She refused gently and made her life a total gift to the Lord. If the saint were to be alive today, he would have been thrilled to see his mission being accomplished through Shobha Raju”
  - Dr.C.NARAYANA REDDY, Member of Parliament

• “It was only though Smt.Shobha Raju the world came to know about Annamacharya. Hats off to her dedicated services”.
  - Dr.Akkineni Nageshwara Rao, Film actor

• “I was at serene peace when she sang”
  - Dr.Abdul kalam, Scientist

• “.. For the past one and half hours, there has been temple atmosphere in the Nizam’s institute. By the kind co-operation of Dr. Shobha Raju, we could experiment the therapy of divine music here today, and I am sure it has a tremendous effect…”
  - Dr. Kakarla Subba Rao, Director, NIMS, Hyderabad

• “.. It was rewarding to see wonderful response of the patients to your music. The therapeutic value and healing message in your music was very evident and clearly has universal appeal that crosses cultural boundaries...”
  - Dr. Donald C. Cooper, Director, VA Central IOWA Health Care System, USA

• “We are doctors, we have studied Allopathy and we are practicing it. But we do believe that it is not the end. There are more powerful media, which have effect on health and disease. One important vehicle is the Divine Music. For the past one and half hours there has been temple atmosphere in the Nizam’s Institute. I by the kind cooperation of Dr. Shobha Raju we could experiment the therapy of Divine Music here today and I am sure it has a tremendous effect. The World Health Organization has defined health as the physical, social, moral and spiritual well-being. We felt the positive effect of Dr. Shobha Raju’s divine music now in this angle. Its only a beginning. I am sure we will be contributing to the field of medicine in this area with the cooperation of Annamacharya Bhavana Vahini, Hyderabad”.

Dr. KAKARLA SUBBA RAO Director,
Nizam’s Institute Medical Sciences, Hyderabad

• “Doctors said that there is cancer in my mother’s stomach. We were frightened guessing the miserable future repercussions. We were pacified when Mrs. Shobha Raju said that she would render musical prayer at our place. In the evening of March 19th, 2000 there was a flow of nectar. Her Divine Music sanctified the surroundings. It was a wonderful experience! My mother was in divine ecstasy and had a vision of Swamy! On March 30th, 2000 my mother reached the Holy abode peacefully, without any stress or strain as expected of such cases. That was the effect of the music! For the prayer she rendered without any expectation, I feel, the God Himself came down. It will be ungrateful on my path if I do not mention this.

Ms. SHYMALA RANI, Writer.