Atharvana is the DJ project of Arjun Mohan Krishna. Born and raised in the city of Chennai, in South India, he discovered psytrance around the age of 16. Two years down the line he was an avid festival goer on the beaches of Goa, and at one such party decided that he eventually wanted to become a Psytrance DJ/Producer. Being a drummer, he went on to pursue Sound Engineering in SAE Chennai, India and then pursued a bachelor's degree in Recording Arts from Fullsail University in Orlando, Florida. 

After his studies he moved to Los Angeles, California, where he met up with the Subterranean Dwellers Crew and started playing for their parties. He has shared stages with artists like Dark elf, Giuseppe, Chromatec, Audiosyntax, Act One, Earthworm, Megalopsy, Killatk, Makumba, Yoshua E.M, Xolotl and many others.