Anuradha Paudwal (अनुराधा पौडवाल)

Real name - Alka Nadkarni
Birth – 27 October 1954 (age 68)
Place of Birth – Karwar, Karnataka, India
Marital Status - Married
Songs in Number of languages – Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Sanskrit, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Odia, Assamese, Punjabi, Bhojpuri, Nepali and Maithili.
Husband - Arun Paudwal
Daughter - Kavita Paudwal
Occupation - Playback singer, Bhajan singer
Honours - Padma Shri by Government of India
Honorary degree of D.Litt. by D Y Patil UniversityAnuradha Paudwal is an Indian playback singer who predominantly works in Hindi cinema. He has been described in the media as one of the most prominent bhajan singers and one of the most successful playback singers of the 80s and 90s of Bollywood.

She started her musical journey in 1973. She has sung through the soundtracks of film songs and bhajans for almost four decades. Her Chhath songs are extremely popular and have been viewed more than 47 million times on YouTube. Her Gayatri Mantra is extremely popular and has received over 220 million views on YouTube. Her Shiva Amritvani has become extremely popular and has collectively garnered over 250 million views on YouTube. The Hanuman Amritvani recorded by her has been viewed over 450 million times on YouTube. Shiva Bhajans and Durga Bhajans sung by her are extremely popular in India.

Her has sung thousands of songs in many languages. She has won four Filmfare Awards from eleven nominations. She has been honored with many awards including 4 Filmfare Awards, 1 National Film Award and Padma Shri by the Government of India. Anuradha Paudwal uses the money earned from songs to help the families of soldiers martyred in wars, provide electricity to poor families and solve the problem of malnutrition.

Some famous Bhajan, Aarti, Mantra of Anuradha Paudwal:
Hey Shivshankar Hey Karunakar (हे शिवशंकर, हे करुणाकर - भजन)
शिव आरती - ॐ जय गंगाधर (Shiv Aarti - Om Jai Gangadhar)
मन तेरा मंदिर आँखे दिया बाती - आरती (Man Tera Mandir Ankhen Diya Bati)
भक्तामर स्तोत्र - भक्तामर-प्रणत-मौलि-मणि-प्रभाणा (Bhaktamara Stotra)
लक्ष्मीजी आरती (Laxmi Mata Aarti)
मीरा बाई भजन: ऐ री मैं तो प्रेम दिवानी (Ae Ri Main To Prem Diwani)
भोले तेरी कृपा से युग आते युग जाते है: भजन (Bhole Teri Kripa Se Yug Aate Yug Jate Hain)