Grew up in an ashram community and has sung bhajans and kirtans since childhood in the Vaishnava tradition. Studied Indian classical vocal music in Vrindavan, India, and is recognized as the first Western woman classically trained in India in this sacred vocal art.

Representative albums: DASI: Prayers by Women (2004), a compilation of women’s devotional songs from India sung in Hindi and Sanskrit. Recommended starting album: DASI: Prayers by Women.

Mood and energy: Devotional, reverent, low energy. Recommended uses: Meditation, spiritual practice.

Sacred Ground Confidence Score: ★★★★★ (5/5)   Final recommendation: Approved

Why this artist belongs in Sacred Sounds: A pioneering, classically trained voice in Vaishnava devotional singing whose reverent, women-centered repertoire is genuinely distinctive.