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Amrita Kaur

Sikh Path (Gurmat)

Amrita Kaur was born in the United Kingdom, has family roots in Malaysia and grew up in New Zealand. From the age of seven she sang kirtan with her father, the kirtaniya Bhai Yadvinder Singh, in the gurdwaras of Auckland, and at eleven she began training in Indian classical music with Professor Shukdev Madhur. She has given concerts of devotional music in Pakistan, including solo concerts in Lahore in 2023 and 2024, and in Southeast Asia, the Gulf and Australia.

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Amrita Kaur

Amrita Kaur was born in the United Kingdom, has family roots in Malaysia and grew up in New Zealand. From the age of seven she sang kirtan with her father, the kirtaniya Bhai Yadvinder Singh, in the gurdwaras of Auckland, and at eleven she began training in Indian classical music with Professor Shukdev Madhur. She has given concerts of devotional music in Pakistan, including solo concerts in Lahore in 2023 and 2024, and in Southeast Asia, the Gulf and Australia.

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The path founded by Guru Nanak in 15th-century Punjab, centred on remembrance of the One, honest work and service, and carried above all in sung scripture.

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