![]() ![]() Waheguru, Ram-there are many names for God. ‘In Sikhism we believe in one god and that god has many names. Kaur now lives in Dubai, where she recently released her second album of devotional songs, I Bow To You Waheguru, a reference to the Sikh god. ‘If you’re a Sikh woman today you’re equal to your husband.’ ‘Actually Sikhism is one of the religions that have come out of India that have equality for women,’ she says. ![]() Years of practice and a belief in equality gave her the confidence to perform devotional music in public, a practice done by men. Kaur grew up in Melbourne, where she learned to sing and play the harmonium. I would hear these shabads-shabads is basically what I sing, spiritual music-I would hear these shabads at the Sikh temple and just slowly fell in love with it.’ ‘Two play the harmonium and one of them would play tabla. Kaur is a young singer and songwriter who performs shabad kirtan, Sikh hymns and songs of praise usually performed in a Sikh gurdwara or temple. I compose music to these verses and then I record them.’ Kirtan is basically singing spiritual music that’s taken out of the Sikh holy scriptures. ‘What I do is kirtan, which is spiritual music, for causes. ‘Every album I do is for a cause,’ says Manika Kaur. Not bad for a singer of devotional songs who gives all her proceeds to charity. One of her recent videos has racked up more than four-and-a-half million views. ![]() His devotional verses are also included in the Guru Granth Sahib and are hence revered among Hindus and Sikhs equally.She may not be a household name just yet, but on YouTube Sikh kirtan musician Manika Kaur is a star. He propagated for spiritual freedom by advocating to get rid of differences in caste and gender. Sant Ravidas was a mystic poet from the 15-16th centuries who was part of the Bhakti tradition. He joined them with much fervour by playing the ‘Jheeka’ in tune with the songs that were sung in obeisance to Sant Ravidas. GZRZzaNpjZ- Kanchan Gupta □□ February 16, 2022 He went there to pay tributes to Sant Ravidas on the occasion of Ravidas Jayanti and joined the Shabad Kirtan. PM at Shri Guru Ravidas Vishram Dham Mandir at Karol Bagh, New Delhi. He also took part in the ‘Shabad Kirtan’ alongside the singers in the temple. ![]() PM Narendra Modi paid his tributes to the much-revered saint by visiting the Guru Ravidas Vishram Dham Mandir on Wednesday morning. He participated in the celebrations of the birth anniversary of Sant Ravidas, who was a Bhakti Saint from the 16th century. PM Modi on Wednesday visited the Shri Guru Ravidas Vishram Dham Mandir in Delhi’s Karol Bagh on the occasion of Ravidas Jayanti. ![]()
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