Kirtan for Causes: Meet Manika Kaur, the first sikh singer donating all earned helping needy

Manika Kaur, a Dubai-based,  Australian-born Sikh kirtan singer has become the first singer in Sikh history to donate all proceeds to funding education of underprivileged children.

She is described as the standard bearer of kirtan singing, a hypnotic form of devotional music once reserved for men and confined to Sikh Gurdwara temples by Ising Magazine.

Her initiatve called ‘Kirtan for Causes’ raises money to help needy children.She released her first album in 2013 and there is no looking back after that.

Being raised Melbourne, Manika was surrounded by spirituality and music.Her regular visits to India exposed her to the problems of poverty that she now addresses through her music.

So far, her music has raised funds for a Sikh temple and currently supports a child sponsorship program in Punjab, India.

Manika's most popular music video has over four and a half million views on YouTube.

Manika shared in her recent interview with Ising Magazine, “Kirtan for Causes is a non-profit organisation I created. We aim to create beautiful devotional music that creates an atmosphere of peace for the listener whilst serving humanity and uplifting communities through educating impoverished children, building homes and working to understand and meet the needs of communities living in poverty in Punjab.”

“All the revenue from my music career is directly channeled into the work of Kirtan for Causes. We support 200 children through education and have built several homes for disadvantaged families enrolled in the scheme. I travel to the Punjab every year to visit these families and develop strategies with them for the next year’s work.”

Manika donated all the revenue from her recent album ‘Sacred Words’ and past albums in an effort to do what she can to make the lives of children brighter.

Not only that, the foundation step further building homes for needy families.

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