Njeralathu Harigovindan, the sixth son of Raama Pothuvaal and Kolleeri Lakshmikkutti Amma, was born on July 3rd 1975 at Angaadippuram, Perinthalmanna in Malappuram district of Kerala. Hari hasn’t got much exposure or formal training in the art of Sopaanasangeetham. It’s to be said that he inherited the talent from his father.  He made his debut as a sopanasangeetham artist in 1995. Though he hasn’t got enough formal training in music, he achieved an appreciable position among the noted artists of this genre, with his own inborn abilities.

Harigovindan a trained graduate (BA BEd) in Malayaalam literature, got “Naaraayananunni  Nambi  Puraskaaram”   in 1996. Meanwhile he passed the audition test in “Ashtapadi” which is played in accompaniment with the instrument Idaykka from All India Radio Calicut. He was conferred the scholarship for research in music in 2001 and completed writing a book titled “Kerala Sangeetham Kettathum Kelkkendathum” [Melodies of Kerala; heard and to be heard]. His 3rd book “Keraleeya Vaadya Kala”, published by Kerala Bhasha Institute in the year 2007 is approved by the state education department as a reference book for students. In December 2004 Hari has won an international recognition “BOSTON WORLD YOUTH CULTURAL AWARD”. He has given a new vocal style to Sopaana Sangeetham, by singing his own songs adapted to the occasion, in a peculiar manner of his own.

He has published many articles on music in different periodicals. “Yathibaakki” [The rest of the ascetic] is one of his Malayaalam short story collections, which was released in 1999. Hari has worked as a news reporter and as a news editor in some Cablevision Channels. He has been working as a Malayaalam teacher in an unaided English medium school till recently. He has resigned from that job, just to concentrate fully on his dream project "Njeralath Kalashramam- A Hermitage of Austere Aspirations in Art"